This article was originally published by New York Daily News on May 17, 2019. Sixty-five years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The court held that segregation in schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and ordered school districts to ...
In 2015, Pew Research Center polled residents of 38 countries around the world on their attitudes towards free speech. The United States leads the pack when it comes to citizens believing people should be able to say what they want and get access to the information they need. This won't surprise any American who understands ...
Jon Kotler is the latest in a long line of Americans who have chosen to stand up for their First Amendment rights to free speech. Jon is an unassuming man with an encyclopedic knowledge of sports. He could talk to you about everything from the conditions of old Candlestick Park to the skill set of ...
When a public school district wants to build a new school, should it assign the project to the most qualified bidder or the most politically connected one? That's the question at the forefront of Minnesota ABC v. Minneapolis Public Schools, a civil rights challenge PLF filed this Tuesday. PLF represents merit-shop contractors, who do terrific ...
This morning, Jillian Ostrewich and Tony Ortiz filed a federal civil rights challenge to a Texas Election Law that forces voters to silence themselves before they can vote. Both voters were harassed by election workers because of what they wore when they went to vote in the midterm elections. Jillian, whose husband is a firefighter, ...
Agencies at every level play an outsized role in everyday life. The FDA imposes nutritional guidelines; the FCC controls what viewers can see on TV. Many other alphabet-soup agencies regulate in many other areas of life. Thus, while many Americans think that it’s Congress that is regulating through legislation, it is usually the agency promul ...
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