What is morally wrong with discrimination? A Kantian analysis
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The Supreme Court decided on June 15 that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination.
Search Results for Supreme Court
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Charlottesville files for appeal in Confederate monuments case
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The City of Charlottesville has filed a petition for appeal in the case of Payne v. Charlottesville to the Virginia Supreme Court.
How do we get from where we are to where we need to be?
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The Voting Rights Act was signed in 1965. The Civil Rights Act was a year earlier. The Supreme Court started us on the path toward school desegregation in 1954. Where we’ve been for the past half-century isn’t not having enough laws. It’s about the people responsible for seeing to it that they’re followed to the letter.
Virginia ban on same-sex marriage, civil unions repealed
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You probably weren’t aware that there was still a law on the books in Virginia making same-sex marriages and civil unions basically invalid. That one was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges way back in 2015, right? Well, yes, but then also, yes, there was still that law on the books in Virginia.
How the rise of sports betting is affecting the United States economy
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Sports betting is once again on the rise in the United States ever since the Supreme Court termed that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992 unconstitutional.
Herring continues fight to preserve DACA, protect DREAMers
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Attorney General Mark Herring joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general Monday in filing a brief with the United States Supreme Court in the coalition’s ongoing lawsuit to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
How many states have legalized sports betting in 2019?
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In 2018, the Supreme Court did away with the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, paving the way for each state to legalize and regulate sports wagering if they wanted to.
Unusual sports bets you might want to try
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In the months since the US Supreme Court’s decision to relax the rules last year, the topic of sports betting has never strayed far from the headlines.
OneVirginia2021 statement on Ruchio v. Common Cause SCOTUS ruling
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OneVirginia2021 Executive Director Brian Cannon released the following statement following the U.S. Supreme Court decision today in the Maryland and North Carolina partisan gerrymandering cases, Ruchio v. Common Cause.
Justice John Charles Thomas to speak Thursday at JMU
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James Madison University President Jonathan R. Alger will host Justice John Charles Thomas, a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, for a Madison Vision Series event on campus Feb. 7.
