Vega v. Tekoh (2022) is the Supreme Court case that ruled a Miranda Rights violation does not provide a basis for relief under 42 U.S. Code § 1983.
Overview:The case involved the interrogation of Terence Tekoh by the...
civil rights
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act (VRA) outlawed discriminatory voting practices during the early Civil Rights Era of the 1960s. Initially, the VRA only protected racial minorities, but in 1975, Congress extended its protections to members of “language...
yellow dog contract
A yellow dog contract is an agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees not to join or remain a member of a labor union as a condition of employment. Historically, these contracts were used in the early 20th...