TX Observer: “March 1 Update: On Thursday, federal judge David Ezra blocked Texas from enforcing its state deportations law, Senate Bill 4, which was set to take effect March 5. In his ruling, Ezra stated that both the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court precedent “affirm that states may not exercise immigration enforcement power except as authorized…
Month: March 2024
“Sen. Britt to give GOP response after State of the Union”
AL Political Reporter: “Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., declared that Senator Katie Britt, R-Ala., will deliver the Republican Address to the Nation following the President’s State of the Union address on March 7.”
Every Black Person Tried in Capital Case in One NC County Given Death Penalty Since 1991
NC Newsline: “Every Black person who has faced a jury in a capital trial in Johnston County between 1991 and 2014 received a death sentence, an expert in an ongoing hearing testified on Thursday. Data analyzed by Richard Smith, a professor of statistics at UNC-Chapel Hill, revealed that no Black defendants tried in capital cases…
“Richmond plans memorial to its prominent role in trade of enslaved people”
WaPo: “The city [of Richmond, VA] has announced plans for a major memorial to its history as the nation’s second-largest market in the pre-Civil War trade in enslaved people, culminating years of frustrated efforts to recognize a difficult past. “We have collectively, as a city, been neglectful for far too long in recognizing the part…