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The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday over a set of Arizona voting restrictions alleged to be racially discriminatory in a dispute that could set the most important voting rights precedent in nearly a decade. A potentially landmark ruling in coming months may determine whether a suite of voting curbs working their way through GOP state legislatures across the country will survive legal scrutiny before the pivotal 2022 midterms and the next race for the White House. For the 6-3 conservative majority court, the case marks a first chance to define the sweep of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). That provision, Section 2, makes it illegal to enact laws that place an unequal burden on the franchise of racial minorities. ADVERTISEMENT Civil rights groups say it’s crucial that the justices use the Arizona case to give a robust reading to Section 2 in light of a past Supreme Court ruling that narrowed safeguards for minority voters. “It is imperative that … [Read more...] about Supreme Court faces landmark challenge on voting rights

Presented by Facebook President Trump Donald Trump Sacha Baron Cohen calls out 'danger of lies, hate and conspiracies' in Golden Globes speech Sorkin uses Abbie Hoffman quote to condemn Capitol violence: Democracy is 'something you do' Ex-Trump aide Pierson planning run for Congress MORE " width="580" height="387" data-delta="1" /> Welcome to The Hill’s Morning Report. Today is Monday, the start of Women’s History Month! Happy March! We get you up to speed on the most important developments in politics and policy, plus trends to watch. Alexis Simendinger and Al Weaver are the co-creators. Readers can find us on Twitter @asimendinger and @alweaver22. Please recommend the Morning Report to friends and let us know what you think. CLICK HERE to subscribe! Total U.S. coronavirus deaths as March 1 begins: 513,091. As of this morning, 15 percent of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and … [Read more...] about The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Trump teases on 2024 run

TAIPEI - A justice official’s statement that the Philippine National Police have intentionally killed suspects in a 5-year anti-drug crackdown under President Rodrigo Duterte will lessen the use of deadly force as officials hope to head off growing international outrage, analysts believe. In one of the bolder admissions of shoot-to-kill orders against suspects, Philippine Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra told the United Nations Human Rights Council on February 24 that law enforcement personnel had flaunted “standard protocols” in most drug busts. “The fact that you have the secretary of justice saying there are miscarriages of justice is actually an indictment of the drug war itself,” said Maria Ela Atienza, political science professor at University of the Philippines Diliman. The campaign won’t lighten up right away, she said, but the justice official’s revelation will reignite international pressure on the Duterte government, while Congress and the cabinet in Manila could … [Read more...] about How an Official’s Admission that Police Are Slaying Suspects Will Change the Philippine Anti-Drug Campaign

A federal judge has given final approval to a $650 million settlement for a class action lawsuit against Facebook which alleged that the Masters of the Universe stored biometric data in violation of Illinois state law. The Verge reports that Judge James Donato of the Northern District of California approved a $650 million Facebook class action privacy settlement and ordered the 1.6 million members of the class in Illinois who submitted claims to be paid “as expeditiously as possible.” Facebook was sued by Chicago attorney Jay Edelson in Cook County Circuit Court in 2015, alleging that Facebook’s use of facial recognition tagging was not allowed under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The lawsuit alleged that Facebook’s Tag Suggestions tool, which scanned faces in users’ photos and offered suggestions to tag Facebook friends, stored biometric data without users’ consent. Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act allows consumers to sue companies that do not … [Read more...] about Judge Approves Facebook’s $650M Settlement over Intrusive Facial Recognition

Two women who worked together at a bar in Connecticut recently found out they are actually biological sisters. Thirty-one-year-old Julia Tinetti and 32-year-old Cassandra Madison met while employed at the Russian Lady Bar located in New Haven, according to radio.com. They soon learned they were both adopted from the Dominican Republic once they noticed they had matching tattoos of the country. “After that moment, we were so tight,” Tinetti recalled. “We started hanging out. We would go out for drinks, for dinner. We started dressing alike.” “I thought she was cool,” Madison said, adding, “We just kind of hit it off right away, It was very natural.” Even though they looked so much alike, the women did not believe they were related and even compared adoption papers with information that did not match up. “Papers said we were from two different cities [with] different last names. And, our mothers’ names on our paperwork were different,” Tinetti explained. However, … [Read more...] about Adopted Coworkers Learn They Are Biological Sisters: ‘We Hit It Off Right Away’