Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/supreme-court/ Our Thing Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:20:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/supreme-court/ 144 144 What Does the Supreme Court Decision on Birthright Citizenship Actually Mean? https://remezcla.com/culture/what-does-the-supreme-court-decision-on-birthright-citizenship-mean/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:19:46 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=436212 The Supreme Court handed Trump’s administration a procedural win that could have long-lasting consequences on birthright citizenship.

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]]> Supreme Court FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Sonia Sotomayor Hits Back at Affirmative Action Ruling — ‘Rolls Back Decades of Precedent’ https://remezcla.com/culture/sonia-sotomayor-hits-back-at-affirmative-action-ruling-rolls-back-decades-of-precedent/ Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:22:07 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=350879 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented on a pair of rulings Thursday (June 29) that ended the affirmative action programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University. By essentially overturning the 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger ruling, which stated the race of a student could be considered in the admissions process, the Supreme

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]]> Sonia Sotomayor Culture Associate US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor poses for the official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on October 7, 2022. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) What Does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Mean by ‘Codifying Roe v. Wade’? We Explain. https://remezcla.com/culture/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-codifying-roe-v-wade-explanation/ Fri, 01 Jul 2022 15:55:49 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=326816 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has a clear goal now that the Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, essentially ending the constitutional right to an abortion. In an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Ocasio-Cortez discussed the options for President Biden and the Democratic Party going forward, which included the

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]]> header-aoc-tesla Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez(D-NY) listens as Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on "An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors" in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC on October 23, 2019. Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Indigenous Leaders In Colombia Murdered & More in Today’s News https://remezcla.com/culture/indigenous-leaders-colombia-murdered-todays-news/ Thu, 15 Oct 2020 17:39:19 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=291657 Las Notis is a daily news column that gets you up to speed on the political, media + other goings-on in the United States, Latin America, and the diaspora—all in one quick digest. Here’s your glimpse at what’s going on today:

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]]> header-colombians-march Colombian indigenous taking part in a "Minga" (indigenous meeting) take a rest as they prepare to travel to Bogotá through the Pan-American highway as they demand a meeting with President Iván Duque October 13, 2020 in Cali, Colombia. Photo by Gabriel Aponte/Getty Images Trump’s Supreme Court List Includes Conservative Cuban American & More in Today’s News https://remezcla.com/culture/trumps-supreme-court-list-includes-conservative-cuban-american-cdc-acknowledges-coronavirus-spreads-air/ Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:00:44 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=288598 Las Notis is a daily news column that gets you up to speed on the political, media + other goings-on in the United States, Latin America, and the diaspora—all in one quick digest. Here’s your glimpse at what’s going on today:

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]]> Newly Sworn-In Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Makes Announcement Regarding Florida Supreme Court In Miami Barbara Lagoa speaks as newly sworn-in Gov. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Supreme Court Overturns Trump’s Decision to End DACA https://remezcla.com/culture/supreme-court-overturns-trumps-decision-end-daca/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:29:46 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=281904 On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled against Trump’s decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), calling his administration’s push to terminate the Obama-era program “arbitrary and capricious.” In 2017, Trump announced that he would phase out DACA, leaving more than 700,000 immigrants who had been granted permission to work and study under the

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]]> Supreme Court Rules President Trump Can Not End The Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program DACA recipients and their supporters rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images Justice Sotomayor on Supreme Court DACA Hearing: “This Is About Our Choice to Destroy Lives” https://remezcla.com/culture/supreme-court-hears-arguments-daca/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:50:28 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=271347 “Undocumented and unafraid” echoed outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday as dozens of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients stood indoors sharing their stories in front of nine justices, made up of five conservatives and four liberals. The session was held to assess the lawfulness of the president’s move to fully terminate the program,

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]]> Rally Held For DACA Recipients In Los Angeles On Day Supreme Court Hears Case Students and supporters rally in support of DACA recipients on the day the Supreme Court hears arguments in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) case on November 12, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images Feeling Helpless & Angry After Kavanaugh Confirmation? Here Are Some Orgs to Donate to https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/organizations-to-donate-to-in-light-of-kavanaugh-confirmation/ Mon, 08 Oct 2018 15:46:25 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=250354 It’s easy to feel rage, bitterness, and hopelessness after the confirmation and swearing in of Brett Kavanaugh, the new Supreme Court justice whom three women accused of sexual misconduct. His confirmation moves the court sharply to the right – which means that the rights of people of color, the LGBTQ community, and women are at

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]]> Supreme Court Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh Meets With Lawmakers On Capitol HIll Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanagh meets with Sen. Todd Young. Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images “Our Bodies Are at Stake”: 7 Latina Activists on Why Kavanaugh Is So Dangerous https://remezcla.com/features/culture/reproductive-justice-advocates-on-why-kavanaugh-is-so-dangerous/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 17:14:35 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=249749 Last September, at an immigration shelter in South Texas, an undocumented 17-year-old girl who journeyed from Mexico to the US alone, discovered she was pregnant. Several aspects of her life were undetermined at the time – she didn’t know how long she’d be at the detention center or where she’d be released to – but

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]]> Annual March For Life Rally Winds Through Washington DC Pro-life activists try to block the sign of a pro-choice activist during the 2018 March for Life January 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images #DearProfessorFord: Film Director Paola Mendoza Launched a Campaign to Support Kavanaugh’s Accuser https://remezcla.com/culture/dear-professor-ford-support-paola-mendoza/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 21:26:40 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=249263 Months ago, Professor Christine Blasey Ford wrote a letter to a senior Democratic lawmaker accusing Brett M. Kavanaugh – Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court – of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers. Since then, she’s provided a detailed account of what happened at that house party more than three decades ago. As some

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]]> Supreme Court Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh Meets With Lawmakers On Capitol HIll Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanagh meets with Sen. Todd Young. Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images