Judge Eric Bradshaw of the Kern County Superior Court ruled Monday that Latino and Black Plaintiffs can proceed with most of their claims against the Kern High School District, the Kern County Office of Education, and the California Department of Education. A coalition of civil rights legal advocates, including MALDEF, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.,ContinueContinue reading “Challenge to 14th Amendment’s Intent Standard Withstands Initial Legal Challenge in Bakersfield School Discipline Case”
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9th Circuit to Hold En Banc Hearing in Case Related to Implicit Bias and Black Jurors
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit en banc will hear oral arguments on June 16, 2015, in a case related to implicit bias and the exclusion of Black jurors. On September 22, 2014, the Equal Justice Society and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati submitted an amicus brief (PDF) to the 9thContinueContinue reading “9th Circuit to Hold En Banc Hearing in Case Related to Implicit Bias and Black Jurors”
From Ferguson to Baltimore: What Are We to Do?
Last night, I watched Baltimore burn. I watched young school children pelt the police. Many of you reading this saw those scenes and probably cried and cried and cried as I did. I switched between CNN, MSNBC, and FoxNews. I was sure that these images would play into the Fox narrative of irresponsible Black folksContinueContinue reading “From Ferguson to Baltimore: What Are We to Do?”