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Lee Malvo
October 17, 2019
Liberal and conservative justices seemed split Wednesday on whether to grant a new sentencing hearing to Lee Boyd Malvo.
Brett Kavanaugh theGrio.com
October 10, 2019
Many are wondering why Justice Brett Kavanaugh called out racism on the first day of his hotly contested Supreme Court…
October 3, 2019
Civil rights leaders are focusing on the possible outcome of a Supreme Court case that could change the language of…
Supreme Court thegrio.com
August 29, 2019
The organization is saying publicly they want the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the rights of minorities when it comes…
In this March 20, 2019 file photo, Attorney Sheri Johnson leaves the Supreme Court after challenging a Mississippi prosecutor's decision to keep African-Americans off the jury in the trial of Curtis Flowers, in Washington. The Supreme Court is throwing out the murder conviction and death sentence for Flowers because of a prosecutor's efforts to keep African Americans off the jury. The defendant already has been tried six times and now could face a seventh trial. The court's 7-2 decision Friday says the removal of black prospective jurors violated the rights of inmate Curtis Flowers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
June 24, 2019
The Supreme Court on Friday threw out the murder conviction and death sentence for a black man in Mississippi because…
Byron Allen thegrio.com
June 10, 2019
Byron Allen, Entertainment Studios CEO, received good news today about his $20 billion racial discrimination lawsuit against cable giant Comcast.
May 29, 2019
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has sounded the alarm and predicted that Roe v. Wade will be challenged and the…
Byron Allen
April 16, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court declines hearing case of PA Jamal Knox’s case to determine if his lyrics against two law…
gerrymandering
March 28, 2019
A political line splitting the HBCU campus is at the center of a Supreme Court case. While justices decide if…
Michael Jordan
March 25, 2019
Nike wins out in dispute over their use of a photo taken of Michael Jordan in 1984 when he was…
March 21, 2019
When question over the role race played in the jury selection in the trial of a man who was sentenced…
Byron Allen
March 19, 2019
Curtis Flowers has been jailed in Mississippi for 22 years, even as prosecutors couldn't get a murder conviction against him…
Cheri Beasley
February 20, 2019
Cheri Beasley, who has already been a member of the North Carolina Supreme Court for several years, will now lead…
Death Penalty
February 20, 2019
A judge, who had openly protested the death penalty and had been banned from presiding over them, lost his legal…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg thegrio.com
November 8, 2018
When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg started trending on Twitter many users were thinking the worst.
Supreme Court AP thegrio.com
October 9, 2018
The moment conservatives have dreamed about for decades has arrived with Brett Kavanaugh joining the Supreme Court.
October 8, 2018
[griojw id=”EdL8jFVp” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”] This Weekend Judge Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court, but could he still be impeached
Brett Kavanaugh thegrio.com
October 7, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, after a wrenching debate over sexual…
Maxine Waters TheGrio
September 30, 2018
“Kavanaugh so many have come forward describing your abuse of alcohol," Maxine Waters tweeted Sunday. She went on to ask…
Christine Blasey Ford thegrio.com
September 27, 2018
[griojw id=”IJdmMHDt” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”]   Christine Blasey Ford declared Thursday that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her as he and a friend