https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:24:52 +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/supreme-court-examines-bankruptcy-disclosure-rules-in-keathley-case/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:14:23 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=23696 The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 25, considered whether Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction Inc. should prevent debtors from pursuing their lawsuits when they do not list them in bankruptcy proceedings, even if they were unaware they were supposed to. At issue is whether courts should balance the need to maintain judicial integrity with the need to protect citizens from disproportionate punishment. The case stems from a lawsuit filed by Thomas Keathley against Buddy Ayers Construction (BAC) over a 2021 auto accident involving a company vehicle. When he filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, he did not list this lawsuit.]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/supreme-court-examines-jury-bias-claims-in-pitchford-v-cain/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:54:49 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=23674 The U.S. Supreme Court seemed split while hearing oral arguments Tuesday, April 2, in Pitchford v. Cain, a case centered on whether a Mississippi trial court failed to properly evaluate claims of racial discrimination during jury selection. During the jury selection of the trial of Terry Pitchford, an 18-year-old Black man accused of murdering a local convenience store clerk, the district attorney for Mississippi’s 5th Circuit Court District struck four Black jurors. This decision left 11 white jurors and one Black juror to hear this case. Joseph J. Perkovich, representing petitioner Terry Pitchford, argued that the trial court failed to]]> 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/birthright-citizenship-on-trial-whats-at-stake-in-trump-v-barbara/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:25:43 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=23588 When the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, it was meant to answer a question the nation had long avoided: What makes an American?   In the wake of slavery and in direct response to Dred Scott v. Sandford — which declared that Black people could not be citizens — the amendment established that anyone born in the United States is a citizen.  It was a promise. One rooted in correction, in repair, in recognition.  More than 150 years later, that promise is back before the U.S. Supreme Court.  On Wednesday, justices will hear arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a case that could redefine birthright citizenship and test the limits]]> 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/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]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/national/juvenile-injustice-should-juveniles-be-sentenced-to-life-with-or-without-parole/ Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:27:04 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=15542 By Chrisleen Herard Howard University News Service In 2003, Evan Miller took a baseball bat and beat his neighbor, Cole Cannon, after robbing him with a friend for $300 and some baseball cards. Miller then set fire to Cannon and his home in an attempt to cover up his crime. He was only 14 years old at the time and was sentenced as an adult to mandatory life without parole — nine years later his case would become a landmark for the juvenile justice system. “Mandatory life without parole for a juvenile precludes consideration of his chronological age and its]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/national/ushering-in-a-new-era/ Sat, 09 Apr 2022 23:02:16 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=13754 By Bria Scott, NewsVision reporter Referring to herself as the “first inheritor of the dream of liberty and justice for all,” newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, gave emotional remarks at the South Lawn of the White House. The DC Circuit Court judge’s family, friends and supporters were on hand to celebrate her confirmation, which becomes official in June when Justice Breyer retires. NewsVision’s Bria Scott was there.]]> https://hunewsservice.com/politics/history-on-the-high-court/ Fri, 28 Jan 2022 16:30:01 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=13183   By Sarah Jones-Smith and Laniyah Collins, NewsVision President Joe Biden plans to make history by the end of February, committing to nominate a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court. He made the announcement Thursday at the White House, as he honored Justice Stephen Breyer who formally announced his plans to retire. NewsVision reporter Sarah Jones- Smith has reaction from the campus of Howard University.]]> https://hunewsservice.com/multimedia/video/12943/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 01:41:15 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=12943 The eviction moratorium that has protected tenants from evictions during the Covid19 pandemic was lifted by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Washington, DC, one mother of three is racing the clock to secure housing for her and her sons. NewsVision’s Desiree Williams-Chin has the story.]]>