Alan Dershowitz Says He’s Certain How Supreme Court Will Rule On Woke Curriculum And Parents’ Rights Case
Alan Delschitz said he is confident that the Supreme Court is on his side with parents who challenge awakened curriculum duties and calls the case “easy.” The Supreme Court hears a lawsuit filed by Maryland parents who say the Montgomery County Board of Education violated First Amendment rights by denialing the ability to choose a […]
Civil rights attorney to sue Knox County sheriff, UT Medical over deaths of Black men
Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, who raised FIST, stands with the families of counsel Troy Jones and David Butts and Davon Saint-Germain on the far right. (Photo: Angela Dennis) Civil rights attorney Ben Crump visited Knoxville Wednesday to discuss the lawsuit against Knox County and the University of Tennessee Medical Center over the deaths of […]
House Committee Opens Investigation Into ‘Harvard’s Disregard’ For Civil Rights, Letter Says
The House Committee on Surveillance and Government Reform announced Thursday that it had released an investigation into alleged violations of the Civil Rights Act after rejecting the Trump administration’s request to address anti-Semitism on campus. Committee chair James Kommer and House Republican leader Ellis Stefanik are calling for documents to be submitted relating to anti-Semitic […]
Tennessee House passes measure to dissolve state human rights commission
House Republicans passed a bill to dissolve the Tennessee Human Rights Commission and handed over the discrimination claims investigation to the state Attorney General’s Office. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout) Tennessee House Republicans overwhelmingly voted to transfer responsibility to the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office to investigate discrimination complaints, effectively disbanding the Tennessee Human Rights Commission. This […]
Bill to give Tennessee AG civil rights oversight draws Democratic pushback over partisanship
“He has not been proven to be a complaint-free, independent agency or appointee,” said Sen. Charlan Oliver, a Democrat from Nashville, who has introduced a bill that will hand over an investigation into discrimination complaints against Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skulmetti. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout) The bill, which dissolved Tennessee’s independent civil rights watchdog and […]
Bill to abolish Tennessee Human Rights Commission advances • Tennessee Lookout
The House Committee on Monday voted to advance a bill that would repeal the Tennessee Human Rights Commission against objections from some Democrats. This law could put Tennessee’s rights at risk to seek justice in their discrimination claims. Proposed law (HB910/SB861) Senator John Stevens of Huntingdon and Johnny Garrett of Goodlettsville are both Republicans and […]
Trump Education Department Says Maine Violated Civil Rights Laws By Allowing Men In Women’s Sports
The Department of Education (ED) announced Wednesday that the Maine Department of Education has been found in violation of Civil Rights Act to continue allowing men to compete in women’s sports. Edited The investigation has begun After a public vomit between President Donald Trump and Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills, he entered the state in […]
Columbia University Human Rights Fellow Convicted For Having A Slave
The British ju umpire convicted Judge Lydia Mugambe on Thursday of forcing a Ugandan woman into the UK, pretending to be false and then into slaves in the country. Mugambe, who also serves as a Uganda High Court judge, brought his victims to the UK under the guise of securing work as a diplomatic man. […]
Tennesseans trek to Selma for 60th anniversary of voting rights march • Tennessee Lookout
SELMA, Ala. – Brenda Haywood, a former member of Nashville’s Metro Council, was 14 years old in 1965 when civil rights activists were attacked by Alabama police officers and police, attempting to make an effort to invoke voting rights from Selma to the Montgomery state capital. “I actually saw March and wanted to come. At […]
Iowa Becomes First State To Axe Transgender Protections From Civil Rights Code
Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the law on Friday with a bill waived transgender protections from the state’s civil rights code, making Hawkeye the first in the country to do so. invoice Gender is considered to be synonymous with biological sex under state law, not gender identity. Furthermore, people with sexual developmental disorders, including […]
