A Landmark Case In August 2023, a grand jury indicted Trump on four charges related to alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump’s legal team moved to dismiss the indictment, asserting that he had presidential immunity for actions taken while in office. Lower courts rejected this claim, leading to an appeal to the…
A Landmark Decision on Affirmative Action In a pivotal case, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. In a pivotal case, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (SFFA) filed lawsuits against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC), challenging their race-based admissions programs. SFFA argued that these programs violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act…
A Struggle for Justice Curtis Flowers faced an extraordinary legal ordeal, being tried six separate times for the 1996 murders of four employees at a Mississippi furniture store. Flowers, a Black man, saw his trials marred by allegations of racial discrimination. During the first two trials, the State used its peremptory strikes to exclude all…
A Pivotal Decision In 2018, Mississippi passed the Gestational Age Act, prohibiting abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, except in cases of medical emergency or severe fetal abnormality. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the only abortion clinic in Mississippi, and one of its doctors challenged the Act, arguing that it violated the constitutional right to abortion…
A Clash of Jurisdictions In 2010, Arizona enacted the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, known as S.B. 1070, aiming to strengthen state-level immigration enforcement. The United States government challenged four key provisions of the law, arguing that they were preempted by federal law, which holds supremacy in immigration matters. The U.S. Supreme…