This week brought a huge win against religious discrimination in Tanzin v. Tanvir. The 8-0 U.S. Supreme Court ruling said that the Muslim men could sue the FBI over the FBI’s retaliation of placing them on the no-fly list after they refused to spy on their communities. In individual situations, the FBI asked Muhammad Tanvir,…
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6 Disastrous Takeaways From ACB’s Sham of a Confirmation Hearing
The U.S. Senate just wrapped up its confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court, and it was the circus you might have expected. Throughout the hearings, Barrett didn’t alleviate any anxieties we had about her record of extremist stances on women’s reproductive rights, LGBTQ…
The #MuslimBan Ruling Has Only Made Me More Determined to Be on the Right Side of History
This past week, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decided to uphold Donald Trump’s Travel Ban, which is better known as the Muslim Ban 3.0. With this 5-4 decision in favor, they have essentially given more power to the Trump Administration to mistreat and take away the rights of immigrants. However, this is…