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5 days agoOnce Again, The Media Gets Snookered - Above the Law
Nine major law firms pledged roughly $940 million in pro bono work tied to Trump-approved causes and publicly defended those deals amid criticism.
Simpson Thacher worked with the ACLU and the Southern Poverty Law Center on behalf of Black civic leaders in a case challenging district maps in Mississippi Supreme Court elections, the article reports. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock of the Northern District of Mississippi ruled Aug. 19 that the map diluted the votes of Black voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act.