Noah Feldman

1 week ago | derrynews.com | Noah Feldman

White individuals and straight people do not need to meet a higher burden of proof than members of minority groups to prevail in employment discrimination suits, the Supreme Court held June 5. The immediate effect is to make so-called “reverse discrimination” claims easier to bring. However, the decision also solidifies the existing legal framework for workplace discrimination — a framework that the court’s ultra-conservative justices would like to upend.

1 week ago | pilotonline.com | Noah Feldman

White individuals and straight people do not need to meet a higher burden of proof than members of minority groups to prevail in employment discrimination suits, the Supreme Court held June 5. The immediate effect is to make so-called “reverse discrimination” claims easier to bring. However, the decision also solidifies the existing legal framework for workplace discrimination — a framework that the court’s ultra-conservative justices would like to upend.

2 weeks ago | phillytrib.com | Noah Feldman

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency may be about to lose its mojo now that Elon Musk has left the building and is feuding with Donald Trump. But a Supreme Court decision issued last Friday could cement DOGE’s legacy in a particularly troubling way. By a 6-3 vote, the justices have allowed DOGE to access Social Security data for all Americans while a lawsuit challenging that access proceeds.

2 weeks ago | indianagazette.com | Noah Feldman

President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles, over the objection of California Governor Gavin Newsom, represents a structural threat to democracy. The law on which Trump relied permits domestic deployment only in cases of invasion by a foreign nation, rebellion, or danger of a rebellion. Newsom said he intends to sue the Trump administration over the president’s action. kAm%96 C62D@?D 7@C E96 =682= =:>:E2E:@? 8@ E@ E96 962CE @7 4@?DE:EFE:@?2= 8@G6C?>6?E] x?

2 weeks ago | mercurynews.com | Noah Feldman

White individuals and straight people do not need to meet a higher burden of proof than members of minority groups to prevail in employment discrimination suits, the Supreme Court held last week. The immediate effect is to make so-called “reverse discrimination” claims easier to bring. However, the decision also solidifies the existing legal framework for workplace discrimination — a framework that the court’s ultra-conservative justices would like to upend.