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October 16th, 2009

Posted By Mel Gagarin | October 16th, 2009 | Category: Media Watch | No Comments » Print This Post Print This Post

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LDF News and Media Today:

A sampling of Race, Justice, Equality and Democracy in the news.

Justices Weigh Enhanced Fees in Civil-Rights Cases

Joining briefs supporting the bonus fees are several groups that are often behind lawsuits against school districts, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund on the left, and the Alliance Defense Fund and the American Center for Law and Justice on the right.
New Haven Firefighter Sues over Promotion Test
A black New Haven firefighter filed a lawsuit Thursday against the city over a 2003 promotion exam that was the subject of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June.

Interracial couple denied marriage license in Louisiana

Civil rights and civil liberties groups are calling for a Louisiana justice of the peace to resign after he refused to sign a marriage license for an interracial couple in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.

Firefighter Test Brings New Haven a Fresh Suit

The city of New Haven, which the United States Supreme Court found this year to have discriminated against a group of mostly white firefighters, was hit with another federal lawsuit on Thursday, this time from a black firefighter who contends that the way the city scored a 2003 promotion test will keep him from getting the position he deserves.

Another Violation of Voter’s Civil Rights?

A review of more documents received recently through the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) from the Cape May County Board of Elections (BOE), it seems to be clear that the BOE and Prosecutor’s Office have engaged in a conspiracy to deny property owners and residents in the City of Wildwood their civil rights.

Claims of racism at jail date back years

Allegations surrounding the firing of a black manager from Clark County’s jail portray a workplace where racism is tolerated or ignored, a state civil rights official said.

Justice Is Hospitalized

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, was kept at a hospital overnight after she became drowsy and fell from her seat aboard an airplane.

53 Republicans Seek Ouster of Obama Schools Official

Fifty-three House Republicans have signed a letter to the Obama administration asking for the ouster of Kevin Jennings, an official charged with promoting school safety, because of his career as an advocate of teaching tolerance of homosexuality.

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