https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:32:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hunewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-407787_352128264798897_1461219382_n-1-32x32.jpg https://hunewsservice.com 32 32 https://hunewsservice.com/news/redefining-realities-the-supreme-court-hears-trump-v-barbara-oral-arguments/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:38:06 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=23610 WASHINGTON (HUNS) — On his first day back in the Oval Office last January, President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders, including one that questions who can claim to be an American. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on both sides of this question in Trump v. Barbara, as the president listened in the audience on Wednesday.  Trump’s executive order, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” reinterprets the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause, which grants birthright citizenship to most born in the United States. Justices will decide whether the order complies with the citizenship clause if presidential]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/final-mile-federal-law-supreme-court-weighs-who-counts-as-an-interstate-worker/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:48:00 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=23495 Inside the Supreme Court of the United States, a case that began with delivery drivers and bread shipments quickly grew into a landmark debate about work, commerce and the modern economy. At the center of the argument is a deceptively simple question: Who qualifies as a transportation worker engaged in interstate commerce?  The answer could determine whether thousands of delivery drivers across the country can take their employers to court or be forced into private arbitration. The dispute stems from delivery drivers who transport goods from distribution centers to retail stores. They do not cross state lines themselves, but the]]> https://hunewsservice.com/politics/sanctuary-campus-debate-intensifies-as-students-return-from-spring-break/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:47:41 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=23372 WASHINGTON (HUNS) — As students return to campus from spring break, a series of federal immigration policies and high-profile enforcement actions are reshaping daily life for immigrant students at Howard University, American University and campuses across the country. What began in 2016 as a policy debate over sanctuary campuses has become a lived reality, students say, one shaped by travel restrictions, visa uncertainty and the fear that a routine airport encounter could upend their education. Spring break, typically a time for travel, has taken on new meaning for many students. For some, leaving campus, or even passing through an airport,]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/supreme-court-reviews-federal-restrictions-on-drug-users-who-own-guns/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:01:50 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=23159 WASHINGTON (HUNS) — U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed reservations about whether marijuana users can be blocked from owning guns as they heard oral arguments in the case of United States vs. Hemani on Monday. It began with a search warrant at a suburban home in Denton County, Texas in August 2022.  FBI agents executed the warrant at the Texas residence of Ali Daniel Hemani, a native-born U.S. citizen, after opening an investigation that included alleged ties to a foreign terrorist organization.  Inside, agents found a Glock 9mm pistol, 60 grams of marijuana and a small amount of cocaine that Hemani]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/national/what-to-know-before-mondays-supreme-court-hearing-on-whether-drug-users-can-own-guns/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:32:33 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=23106 The Supreme Court will hear arguments in United States v. Hemani on Monday to determine whether a federal statute that prohibits firearm possession by a person who “is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance” violates the Second Amendment.  Federal agents searched the home of respondent Ali Hemani in Texas for alleged travel and communications linked to Iran. According to the indictment, “the sole factual allegations state that on or about Aug. 3, 2022, Mr. Hemani knew that he was an unlawful user of a controlled substance and knowingly possessed a Glock 19, 9mm pistol.” The case]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/supreme-court-revives-controversial-redistricting-map-in-texas/ Sun, 07 Dec 2025 02:24:53 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=22385 By recently holding that a lower court improperly inserted itself into the Texas redistricting process, the U.S. Supreme Court made it highly likely that Republicans will win a large number of seats in congressional districts throughout the country going into the 2026 midterm elections. Even more critically, the Court’s decision could lay the groundwork for the emaciation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The Court essentially revived the Texas’ controversial 2025 map, which would reshape the state’s congressional districts, by overturning a lower court’s ruling in favor of Black and Latino plaintiffs in LULAC v. Abbott. The state]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/supreme-court-will-decide-whether-inmates-can-receive-damages-for-religious-violations-in-state-prisons/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:36:04 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=22216 WASHINGTON (HUNS) — Damon Landor, a Rastafarian who took the Nazarite vow to grow his hair in locks, was moved to Raymond Laborde Correctional Center to serve the last three weeks of his sentence. Landor brought proof of his religious accommodation at two prior facilities and a copy of the court ruling that Louisiana recognized this religious practice under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA).  Landor presented these papers to a guard, who threw them in the trash and called in the prison’s warden, Marcus Myers.  Myers asked to see documentation of Landor’s religion, but]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/louisiana-redistricting-case-could-reshape-voting-rights-act/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 01:37:55 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=21884 WASHINGTON (HUNS) — The Voting Rights Act now faces its largest threat yet, after more than 50 years as a cornerstone of civil rights law.  On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais, a pair of consolidated cases that could determine whether it’s constitutional to use race to create voting districts — even though the aim of the Voting Rights Act is to ensure fair representation for minorities. The justices’ decision could significantly reshape how lower courts interpret voting practices. At stake is Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which “prohibits voting practices]]> https://hunewsservice.com/politics/under-watch-the-federal-takeover-of-d-c-policing-fails-to-make-some-residents-feel-safer/ Sat, 06 Sep 2025 03:37:00 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=21568 Some residents say that President Donald Trump’s deployment of federal law enforcement in Washington, citing “out of control” crime, feels more like punishment rather than protection. This is especially true for residents living in Wards 1, 5, 7 and 8 — areas that are often at the center of crime statistics. “We are scared in this community,” D.C. resident Chase Brantley said. “Seeing the National Guard in my neighborhood doesn’t make me feel safe; it makes me feel like we’re living under occupation.”  A Washington Post–Schar School poll found that 80% of D.C. residents disapproved of the federal presence, and]]> https://hunewsservice.com/business/u-s-supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-labor-case-on-overtime-pay/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:46:45 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=18536 By Kayla Smernoff Howard University News Service The Supreme Court of the United States recently heard oral arguments for EMD Sales Inc. v. Carrera, a case that could determine if not being paid for overtime labor is illegal. The Supreme Court is expected to issue its opinion on the case during the summer. EMD is an international food and beverage market that operates throughout the District, Maryland and Virginia area. Faustino Sanchez Carrera, Magdaleno Gervacio and Jesus David Muro, three of EMD’s sale representatives, sued the store in 2017 claiming they were denied overtime pay. The three representatives invoked the]]>