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UC Davis Professors Critique Supreme Court’s Ruling on ICE Detention Case

By Jack WangSeptember 21, 20250 comments

UC Davis law professors Vikram David Amar and Alan E. Brownstein published an analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, which allowed ICE to use race and other demographic factors in selecting individuals for immigration investigation, and criticized Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion for relying on the controversial Los Angeles v. Lyons decision and for equating race with other demographic factors.

Mississippi Death Sentence Case Spotlights Jury Bias Issues

By Vanguard AdministratorSeptember 16, 20250 comments

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Pitchford v. Cain, a case raising allegations of racial discrimination in jury selection, which echoes the Court’s 2019 ruling in Flowers v. Mississippi and could have far-reaching implications for the enforcement of equal protection in jury selection.

Op-ed | Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s Term

By Cecilia WangJuly 8, 20250 comments

The Supreme Court took hard right turns in major First Amendment cases, but also sided with civil-rights plaintiffs and criminal defendants in lower-profile cases, and overrode lower courts to let Trump administration policies proceed.