Tag: SCOTUS
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Affirmative Action: ‘America Has Never Been Colorblind’
In Wake of Conservative Court Striking Down Affirmative Action, Justice Jackson and Civil Rights Leaders Agree: ‘America has never been Colorblind’ By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent As she watched her conservative majority colleagues on the high court issue the death knell to affirmative action on Thursday, June 29, Supreme Court Justice ... -
Women, Scholars Praise Ketanji Brown Jackson Nomination
By Nyah Marshall Howard University News Service Americans around the country, including legal scholars and Black women, are praising President Joe Biden’s announcement last week nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace Associate Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, Jackson would make history as the first Black woman and the first ...