Category: Legal Reform

Group Says Judge Who Ruled Pledge of Allegiance Unconstitutional Ignored Established Guidance from the Supreme Court on Ceremonial References to God

Press Release /
Members of the black leadership network Project 21 condemn Wednesday's ruling by a federal judge holding that the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, with its reference to God, in a public school is unconstitutional. Project 21 members say the ...
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Prominent Blacks Praise Judge John Roberts

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National Press Club Event Highlights Minority Support for Supreme Court-Nominated Jurist Project 21 member Mychal Massie will take part in a Thursday, August 25 press conference to discuss African-American support of the record and beliefs of Judge John Roberts, who ...
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Supreme Court Choice Should Not Be About Sex, Brands or Politics, by Mychal Massie

New Visions Commentary /
With Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement, the media and organizations of every faith, political orientation, sexual persuasion, and profession are suggesting replacements based on what they deem best for our country. What some say is best for America ...
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Learning Clarence Thomas’s First Principles, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

New Visions Commentary /
From his gut-wrenching confirmation hearings in 1991 through his past 13 years on the bench, Clarence Thomas is likely the most misunderstood justice ever to sit on the United States Supreme Court. As a black conservative jurist, he continues to ...
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The Lionel Tate Saga Continues, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

New Visions Commentary /
Lionel Tate is back in the news again. Tate is the young black boy from Florida who was convicted of brutally murdering a six-year-old girl when he was only 12 and became the youngest person in American history to be ...
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Janice Rogers Brown’s Equal Justice, by Craig DeLuz

New Visions Commentary /
One of the most contentious of President George W. Bush's judicial nominees was California Supreme Court Associate Justice Janice Rogers Brown.  Highly rated by the American Bar Association, Justice Brown is praised by her peers on the California Supreme Court, ...
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Terri Schiavo: America’s Lost Hope, by Djana Milton

New Visions Commentary /
Terri Schiavo, a woman who collapsed at 26 and suffered severe brain damage, is dead because her husband and our justice system determined that her life wasn't worth living. Many of us never seriously contemplate our own deaths, especially at ...
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End the Asbestos Nightmare

National Policy Analysis #527 /
Even before he took the oath of office for his second term, President Bush pledged to work with Congress to reform the nation's costly asbestos-litigation system. Noting the loss of jobs and the wave of bankruptcies brought on by asbestos ...
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Has the U.S. Supreme Court Lost Its Collective Mind? by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

New Visions Commentary /
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that executing prisoners who committed capital crimes such as murder as minors violates the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This amendment prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment." While this ruling ...
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Overlawyered: Newsweek v. Washington Monthly

We are in for a tumultuous four years, folks. Nationally, the Right is in the most advantageous policymaking position it has been in since before the New Deal. The Left knows it, and is throwing everything it can against the ...
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