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Neal Katyal and Justice Jackson were placed in the uncomfortable spot of having to explain why racist legislation to disarm the freedman was actually relevant. One of the most bizarre aspects of ...

Supreme Court justices were stunned Tuesday when lawyers defending Hawaii’s so-called “vampire rule” — which restricts carrying guns on privately owned spaces without consent — pointed to racist laws ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in Wolford v. Lopez, a ...

Black Codes, enacted after the Civil War to restrict newly freed African Americans, took center stage at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as it considered a challenge to a Hawaii gun law. With the ...

Black history is not simply about Black struggle, or even Black excellence. It is knowing how we came to prevail and triumph amidst an institution that has continually fought against our inclusion and ...