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Tag: Supreme Court

Arizona's SB 1070: The Supreme Court on immigration

July 26, 2012
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Numerous organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the United States Department of Justice filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Arizona law and asking for an injunction to prevent the law from going into effect.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features Tagged Arizona, civil rights, Department of Justice, discrimination, immigration, racial profiling, SB 1070, Supreme Court

Arizona’s SB 1070: The Supreme Court on immigration

July 26, 2012
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Numerous organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the United States Department of Justice filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Arizona law and asking for an injunction to prevent the law from going into effect.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features Tagged Arizona, civil rights, Department of Justice, discrimination, immigration, racial profiling, SB 1070, Supreme Court

CAIR-Chicago Efforts lead to EEOC Officially Recognizing “Arab” as Race

October 13, 2011
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After more than a year of CAIR-Chicago raising the issue, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finally agreed to recognize “Arab” as a race. Just last week, the EEOC headquarters in Washington, D.C. issued an apology letter to CAIR-Chicago Litigation Director Kevin Vodak for the improper classifications and assured him that steps have been taken to prevent further problems.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Our News Tagged Arab, chicago, Civil Rights Act of 1870, complaint, discrimination, EEOC, employment, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Kevin Vodak, Lawsuit, Litigation Director, Prejudice, race, racial, recognize, Saint Francis College v. Al-Khazraji, Supreme Court

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Vlog #5 Ian Peterson on Racial Profiling in the US

July 20, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago Intern Ian Peterson discusses racial profiling in the U.S. in the first of a series of video blogs on the issue. In his first video, Ian focuses on significant supreme court cases and government policies that have continued to erode the 14th amendment of the constitution which prohibits racial profiling in the U.S.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Film Clips, Multimedia, Opinion Corner, Our News Tagged cases, civil rights, Civil Rights Vlog, Constitution, discrimination, government policies, Ian Peterson, racial profiling, Supreme Court, vlog

Racial Profiling in the U.S.

July 20, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago Intern Ian Peterson discusses racial profiling in the U.S. in the first of a series of articles on the issue. In his first article, Ian focuses on significant supreme court cases and government policies that have continued to erode the 14th amendment of the constitution which prohibits racial profiling in the U.S.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Opinion Corner Tagged cases, Constitution, discrimination, government policies, Ian Peterson, racial profiling, Supreme Court

Fox News: Digging Deeper: Supreme Court Analysis

April 27, 2010
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“The bench should be representative of American society, and if you look at American society there are people of different religions, races, and genders,” says Christina Abraham, CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Director.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, TV Clips Tagged Christina Abraham, Fox Chicago, Fox News, gender, Islam, Judge, Justice, Muslim, race, Religion, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justice, Supreme Court Nominee, TV, woman
 
 
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