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7 Dec 2008, 7:28 pm
In two cases, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued rulings emphasizing the rights of defendants to cross-examine prosecution witnesses regarding evidence of their racial or ethnic bias.In Brinson v Walker (--- F.3d ----, 2008 WL 4890153 [2nd Cir 11/13/08])the court granted habeas corpus relief and vacated a New York state robbery conviction whee the New York trial judge precluded the black defendant from presenting evidence (both through cross examination and by… [read post]
19 Apr 2021, 5:04 am by David Oscar Markus
” As our country’s experience with stop-and-frisk vividly demonstrates, however, for police, reasonable suspicion is too often synonymous with being a Black or brown person in public.The practice of racially profiling Black drivers was effectively endorsed by the Court in the 1996 ruling in Whren v. [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 5:23 pm by site admin
Ferguson the Supreme Court of the United States held that a Louisiana statute mandating separate but (in reality not) equal railway accommodations for black and white passengers did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. [...] [read post]
7 Aug 2020, 11:30 am by leemedia
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently gave a highly significant ruling in the case of Hurlburt v. [read post]
16 Mar 2013, 6:48 am by Harold O'Grady
Black, writing for a unanimous Court, ruled in Gideon v. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 6:31 am by JB
"The proponents of the 1866 Act did not assert that the 1866 Act permitted states to ban ordinary commercial contracts between blacks and whites. [read post]
4 Apr 2019, 2:00 am by DONALD SCARINCI
The Supreme Court vacated the District Court’s judgment and remanded for reconsideration in light of its decision in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. [read post]
25 Aug 2022, 8:55 am by Lawrence Solum
This history suggests that the original understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment supports decisions like Brown v. [read post]