U.S. Indigenous communities notched a significant victory on June 15 with the Supreme Court's 7-2 decision rejecting a challenge to a federal law aimed at safeguarding children and preserving tribal identity
I had to schedule a hearing today in order to change my last name to my mom’s and the clerk pulled out a paper appointment book to schedule the court date and my flabbers were gasted. Why is the court schedule not digitized in 2023???
Shoot First laws, also known as Stand Your Ground, have been associated with an increase in homicides and with instances of racist gun violence. These policies exist in 29 states, giving people a license to use deadly force and then to claim self-defense.
BREAKING: Rep. Justin Jones, one of the two Black Democrats expelled last week from the GOP-led Tennessee House, was reinstated Monday after Nashville’s governing council voted to send him straight back to the Legislature. https://t.co/xqOJFAYEoR
You gotta watch this speech from Rep Justin Jones as Tennessee Republicans attempt to expel him and two others for simply standing with students demanding gun safety. Republicans know they are on the losing side of history. This is proof
#TenneseeThree
Tennessee Rep. @brotherjones_ is one of 3 lawmakers who could be expelled from the state's legislature after standing with protesters in their demand for meaningful gun reform, in the wake of a mass shooting at a Nashville school that left 6 dead, including 3 children
I absolutely appreciate all y’alls messages and calls of support at this unprecedented time of maga GOP overreach. If there is any way you can be at the Capitol this Thursday morning at 8:00, we could sure use a crowd. 💪🏽❤️#MarchForOurLives
Let's call this what it is: FASCISM.
TN lawmakers are being silenced for standing with young people and gun safety activists today during the Nashville student walk out.
LEADERS SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHED FOR STANDING WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS. THIS IS WRONG.
From @brotherjones_ on the ground in Nashville— the Tennessee legislator is planning to expel lawmakers who stood with gun control advocates today.
They have been stripped from committee assignments and their member ID’s have been shut off.
THIS IS NOT DEMOCRACY.
My mom doesn’t go to therapy, but once a month, she gets a tattoo and then gets an order of rattlesnake bites from Texas Roadhouse, and that’s kind of the same thing.