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The Bloomington-Normal NAACP praised President Joe Biden on Friday for keeping his promise to nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Meghan Leonard says a diversity of lived experience will make the nation's highest court a more deliberative body.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was enacted after more than a century of voting discrimination across the United States. However, in 2021, many Americans are still worried that recent legislation surrounding voting rights will threaten the 15th amendment that protects all citizens’ right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling considered a disappointing setback for efforts to spare young offenders from a life in prison without parole is expected to have little impact in Illinois, where changes in the law shield most youth from a lifetime behind bars.
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More than 160 candle flames flickered Saturday in Bloomington in memory of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Ginsburg, who served as a justice on…
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A Supreme Court scholar at Illinois State University said the two rulings this week in support of LGBTQ rights and the Deferred Action for Childhood…
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Immigration rights advocates in McLean County are cheering Thursday's Supreme Court ruling that blocks the Trump administration's effort to end the…
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Despite a conservative ruling, one Republican congressman from Central Illinois is “very disappointed” in the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on…
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U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth are renewing their call for an FBI investigation into sexual assault claims against Supreme Court nominee Brett…
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The family of Christine Blasey Ford—including relatives from Bloomington-Normal—are defending her integrity and honesty in a new letter released ahead of…