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a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional
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The big picture: This comes as enrollment of first-year Black and Hispanic medical students nationwide has fallen sharply after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in higher education, Axios' Maya Goldman writes.
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Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
More than murder The Senate’s bill analysis notes that the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down mandatory death sentences before, and that the new proposal could face conflicts with another existing Supreme Court precedent that restricts the death penalty to murder cases.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
But President Biden only forgave specific student loan debts that hadn’t been covered by the plan struck down in the courts, CNN reported at the time.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2025
When steelworkers went on strike in 1919, U.S. Steel put the strike down, backed by federal troops.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
More than murder The Senate’s bill analysis notes that the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down mandatory death sentences before, and that the new proposal could face conflicts with another existing Supreme Court precedent that restricts the death penalty to murder cases.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
But President Biden only forgave specific student loan debts that hadn’t been covered by the plan struck down in the courts, CNN reported at the time.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2025
When steelworkers went on strike in 1919, U.S. Steel put the strike down, backed by federal troops.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Strike down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20down. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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