Racial Bias

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‘I don’t care what the DOJ letter says’: TX Republican says gerrymandered maps did not consider race
MSNBC· 2025-08-03 17:48
when we've seen all of these blue states overperform with their maps and Texas is underperforming, that puts Republicans at a distinct disadvantage nationwide and it's right for Texas to step up. So, I have not seen any evidence that this map was racially based. What I have seen is evidence that this map was politically based and that's totally legal, totally allowed, and totally fair.So, uh, frankly don't care what the DOJ letter said, and I think it's pretty clear that no one does on the on the prevailing ...
A More Perfect Jury | Erica White | TEDxSouthwestern Law School
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-17 15:09
Imagine you're in a courtroom and before a single piece of evidence is presented, before a single witness takes the stand, your fate has already been decided. Not by the facts of the case, but by the color of your skin. This is something that I have to take into consideration every day as a criminal defense attorney.When you go in to select a juror, you under the Sixth Amendment have the right to an impartial jury trial. What does that mean. It means jurors who are free of biases.Jurors of your peers, peopl ...