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Newswire: Supreme Court decision heavily diminishes ineffective counsel defense
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Covid-19
NAACP and coalition of organizations hold ‘Shelby Day of Action’ to commemorate 9th anniversary of Shelby vs Holder decision gutting 1965 Voting Rights Act
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Newswire: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn-in as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court
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Covid-19
Newswire: 17 receive Presidential Medal of Freedom at White House ceremony
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