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BY RANDY BILLINGS | MAINE
A bill that would ban citizens of China and four other countries from purchasing property in Maine drew strong opposition during a public hearing Wednesday, with the state's leading civil rights group calling it blatantly racist and unconstitutional....
Leading Legal Voting Rights Organizations Call for Fair & Equitable Maps
NEW YORK, NY — The Unity Map Coalition, a consortium of leading legal voting rights organizations representing people of color in New York City is urging the New York State legislature to adopt the Unity Map in full.
The Coal...
By Jenna Tooley
TALLAHASSEE, FL— In a significant development, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a temporary injunction against the enforcement of Florida’s SB 264. This law, deemed unconstitutional, prevents Chinese immigrants from purchasing homes in specific regions of the state. ...
Comedian Shane Gillis was announced as the host more than a week ago for the Feb. 24th episode of Saturday Night Live.
Activists rev your engines? Or not?
Boycott the show? Or hope Bowen Yang and Shane Gillis mudwrestle on national TV?
If you’ll recall five years ago, Gillis was hired as a cast m...
By A.L. Lee
A coalition of civil liberties groups sued the Republican-controlled Legislature in Nassau County in New York, claiming that a new voting map discriminates against Blacks, Latinos, and Asians in violation of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
The suit, filed Feb. 8 against the Long Isla...
Ageism is everywhere now if you haven’t noticed, thanks to a certain Asian American special prosecutor.
First, I tried to get away from the news by watching Super Bowl 58, which at 58 is still well under mandatory retirement age.
The San Francisco 49ers seemed to explode out of the gate, dominatin...
My father, Willie Guillermo, born under the American flag in the colonial America that was the Philippines, has a birthday today. He would have been 119 and thriving had he stopped eating pork at a reasonable age and gone vegan.
So, of course, he was in the back of my mind while I pondered all of t...
With 2024 elections around the corner, nationwide efforts to diminish the political power of communities of color are surging
NASSAU COUNTY, NY — The New York Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Steptoe ...
By Hansi Lo Wang
NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. — In 2020, Maria Jordan-Awalom marched across an invisible line in one of the most segregated regions of the country.
After the police murder of George Floyd, she and other demonstrators took to the streets for racial justice in this New York City suburb, just ...
By Robert Bessser
TALLAHASSEE, Florida: Florida was blocked from enforcing a ban on Chinese citizens owning homes or land in the state against two Chinese citizens by a U.S. appeals court.
The two individuals were in the process of buying property when the law came into force.
On Thursday, a pane...
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida law barring real estate purchases by Chinese citizens can’t be enforced against two plaintiffs while their court challenge continue
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida law barring real estate purchases by Chinese ...
The preliminary injunction will apply to two individual plaintiffs, Yifan Shen and Zhiming Xu
By Sarah Marx
A U.S. appeals court has halted the enforcement of a Florida law that bans Chinese citizens from purchasing property in the state, multiple news outlets reported.
The decision places the la...
Let’s thank Tom Cotton, the MAGA Republican Senator from Arkansas, for inspiring the uniquely racist Lunar New Year greeting for 2024.
I can hear Cotton now saying, “Gung Hay Fat Communist!”
Or words to that effect. More on that later in this column, but first, the Lunar New Year officially begins...
Judge Nancy Abudu says that the law constitutes a "blanket ban" on Chinese nationals
By Ted Glanzer
A federal appeals court has halted the enforcement of a controversial Florida law that restricts Chinese citizens from buying land, siding with two Chinese immigrant plaintiffs represented by the Am...
By Malik Graystone
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked Florida’s law restricting Chinese nationals from buying property, marking a significant legal challenge.
This move highlights tensions between state legislation and federal foreign real estate ownership laws.
Court ...
By Collins Abia
In a significant legal development, a federal appeals court in Atlanta has intervened to block the enforcement of a contentious Florida law that sought to restrict Chinese citizens from acquiring land within the state.
The ruling emerged from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and ...
Lawyers for the plaintiffs compared Florida’s law to “antiquated” 20th century alien land laws that targeted Chinese immigrants.
An appellate court on Thursday blocked Florida from exercising a law against two Chinese citizens who were buying property in the state when the law was enacted. The law...
By Randall Yip
A federal court has blocked Florida from enforcing the ban on Chinese land ownership signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the failed GOP presidential candidate.
Two Floridians, Yifan Shen and Zhiming Xu sued. They argued it would prevent them from taking possession of a home that had alread...
Federal panel rules ‘this prohibition blatantly violates the 14th Amendment’s protection against discrimination’ in blow to Governor Ron DeSantis
Statute’s language and statements by public officials showed law to be a ‘blanket ban against Chinese non-citizens’, says court
By Igor Patrick
An Amer...
“This prohibition blatantly violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection against discrimination,” Judge Nancy Abudu wrote.
By Bruce Ritchie
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — A federal appeals court blocked a controversial Florida law restricting Chinese citizens from buying land from being enforced against...
