Each week we will provide you with a rundown of top news stories and must-read articles.
Supreme Court cake baker ruling actually a victory
This week, the Supreme Court sided in favor of the Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. While unfortunate to lose the individual case, the Court’s ruling reaffirmed the broader idea that businesses can’t turn people away simply because of who they are.
Tragedy at the border continues
Families continue to be separated from each other at America’s southern border. The Trump administration’s newly implemented zero-tolerance policy has resulted in the inhumane separation of thousands of children from their parents.
ACLU sues over census question
This week, the ACLU joined numerous other organizations that are suing over the Trump administration’s plan to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The move is aimed to reduce response rates in immigrant communities as a way to take economic and political power away from these groups. There are multiple constitutional concerns that the ACLU is using as the basis of the suit.
Trump commutes Alice Marie Johnson’s life sentence
After being lobbied by Kim Kardashian West, President Trump commuted the sentence of Alice Marie’s Johnson’s life sentence. Johnson was serving a life sentence without possibility of parole for a non-violent crime. Still, hundreds of other people remain in prison who are serving life sentences for non-violent offenses.
