Locked in a U.S. Supreme Court bound $20 billion racial discrimination lawsuit with Bryon Allen’s Entertainment Studios, the alliance between Comcast and Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has no…
and Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has now roused the scrutiny of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – and it might prove a bridge too far for the media giant.
“Although the NAACP takes no position on the underlying dispute, we have decided to take the lead on this issue,” the W.E.B. Du Bois, Moorfield Storey, and, Mary White Ovington, among others, founded group asserted. “We urge Comcast to cease its attack on Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866; a bedrock civil rights statute that has been in place for more than 150 years.
Unsurprisingly, both Comcast and Charter in their respective responses and lawsuits have swore up and down that race was not a factor in the carriage deals or lack thereof.Also, unsurprisingly, Comcast and Charter have sought to have the suits tossed out of court. When they failed in that effort to end a case that they framed as a form of corporate expression, SCOTUS was the next venue – with a little help from their friends at the Justice Department.
A hearing before the High Court is currently scheduled for November 13 on the now even more highly charge matter.
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