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Clarence Thomas' Second Amendment ruling shows power of conservative supermajority
For more than a decade, individual Supreme Court conservatives lamented lower court decisions that endorsed gun regulations, as their own court failed to expand a 2008 ruling that said the Second Amendment protects a right to a handgun in the home for self-defense.
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Samuel Alito lashes out at liberals in guns case as tensions boil over at SCOTUS
While Justice Clarence Thomas spent 63 pages in a 6-3 majority opinion Thursday painstakingly explaining the court's reasons for striking down a New York conceal carry gun law and changing the way judges will analyze a host of other gun regulations going forward, his colleague Samuel Alito took a different tack.
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The Supreme Court struck down a New York gun law enacted more than a century ago that places restrictions on carrying a concealed handgun outside …
Published on June 23, 2022
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Biden braces for Supreme Court to overturn Roe after months of planning for next steps
President Joe Biden is bracing for a Supreme Court ruling that would strip away nationwide abortion rights in the US, potentially setting off mass protests and heaping pressure on the White House to act, according to officials, even as there remains little he can do through executive action to fully mitigate the anticipated decision.
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Supreme Court says Maine cannot exclude religious schools from tuition assistance programs
The Supreme Court said Tuesday that Maine cannot exclude religious schools from a tuition assistance program that allows parents to use vouchers to send their children to public or private schools.
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Supreme Court tosses Republican effort to defend Trump-era 'public charge' immigration rule
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal Wednesday brought by a group of Republican-led states seeking to intervene in a case challenging the Trump-era "public charge" immigration policy, a version of which the Biden administration has abandoned.
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Supreme Court makes it more difficult to challenge immigration policies in court
The Supreme Court on Monday made it much more difficult for immigrants to challenge immigration policies in court, holding that challenges have to be brought individually and not on a class-wide basis.
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Texas asks Supreme Court to keep state social media censorship law in effect
The Supreme Court should allow a sweeping Texas law to remain in effect that restricts the ability of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to moderate their platforms, according to the state's attorney general.
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Tuskegee University recognizes 47 New Doctors of Veterinary Medicine during 2022 spring commencement and admittance into veterinary medical profession during oath ceremony
The Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine (TUCVM) Class of 2022 had 47 new doctors of veterinary medicine recognized on April 30. Tuskegee University held its in-person Spring Commencement Graduate and Professional Schools Ceremony at the General “Chappie” James Center followed by the college’s in-person Veterinary Medicine Oath and Hooding Ceremony at the university’s Chapel. Thirty of the 47 students graduated with honors. They included four “Summa Cum Laude,” eight “Magna Cum Laude” and 18 “Cum Laude.” Both ceremonies were live-streamed for those not in attendance to view and are also available on the university’s YouTube channel for anyone who missed them to view later.
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Leaked Supreme Court draft opinion in abortion case leaves questions about shape of final ruling
Politico's publication last week of Justice Samuel Alito's first draft in a Mississippi abortion dispute opened an exceptional window on the inner workings of the Supreme Court.
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PVAMU to award nearly 1,000 degrees at its 140th Spring Commencement Convocation
Prairie View A&M University will award nearly 1,000 degrees to its spring graduates this Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Panther Stadium.
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Celebrated Violin Virtuoso/Conductor Pinchas Zukerman Steps in As Soloist/Conductor in This Weekend's Houston Symphony Concerts
The Houston Symphony has announced that Israeli-American violin star Pinchas Zukerman is stepping in as soloist and conductor for the concert series this weekend. He performs and conducts two works by Mozart, and leads the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, May 12, 14, and 15, 2022 in Jones Hall, with the May 15 performance livestreamed.
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Analysis: Media outlets must ask themselves this serious question ahead of the midterms
Since the day Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, we've known Roe was dead too — the only question, really, was whether it would be formally overturned or just gutted in everything but name. Now, just more than a week after the publication of Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion overturning Roe, it's worth looking back and asking ourselves: Did our coverage over the past two years, all of it, really reflect what we knew?
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The Supreme Court abortion leak has already transformed politics all over America
In just a week, the leaked draft Supreme Court opinion that could overturn Roe v. Wade has transformed US politics.
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Supreme Court says Boston violated First Amendment rights of group seeking to raise a Christian flag outside City Hall
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that Boston violated the First Amendment rights of a group seeking to briefly raise a Christian flag atop a city flagpole outside of City Hall as a part of a city program celebrating Boston's greater community.
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The Menil Collection Presents Samuel Fosso: African Spirits
Fourteen self-portraits depict Fosso portraying intellectuals, political leaders, and prominent figures associated with Black liberation movements
The Menil Collection is pleased to present Samuel Fosso: African Spirits, an exhibition of the four- teen, large-scale gelatin silver prints from Samuel Fosso’s African Spirits series. The show—on view at the Menil from August 5, 2022 through January 15, 2023—is presented in conjunction with the 2022 FotoFest Biennial and African Cosmologies Redux, a new presentation of photography originally cu- rated by Dr. Mark Sealy OBE, Director of Autograph, London, and Professor at University of the Arts London.
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Biden calls for war crimes trial after Bucha images surface
President Joe Biden on Monday called the atrocities allegedly committed by Russian forces in Bucha, Ukraine, a "war crime" and called for a trial to take place against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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President Joe Biden, seen here on March 29, called the atrocities allegedly committed by Russian forces in Bucha, Ukraine, a "war crime." Mandatory Credit: Samuel …
Published on April 4, 2022
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Here's who is presenting at the Oscars so far
The lineup is coming together for the 2022 Oscars. With less than one week until the big show, show producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan have lined up some major star power to take the stage.
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Serena Williams calls out NYTimes after paper erroneously prints photo of Venus
Serena Williams called out The New York Times Wednesday after the paper published an article about her venture fund but used a photo of her sister, Venus.
