Lawyers

• New lawsuit challenges removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans; suit claims court’s decision violates free speech

  A lawsuit filed against the City Council of New Orleans argues that the city's plans to remove Confederate landmarks violates freedom of speech.

• California to ban 'Redskins' for school sports, keep Confederate building names

  California will ban public schools from naming their sports teams "Redskins," a name seen as a slur against Native Americans, but will not stop municipalities from naming parks and buildings for Confederate heroes, Governor Jerry Brown said on Sunday.

• Suspect in Charleston church massacre to be arraigned on hate charges

  Relatives of nine African-Americans killed at a historic South Carolina church may get a second opportunity to address the white man accused in the murders on Friday when he is arraigned on federal hate crime charges, sources close to the case said.

• Flag dispute triggers clash at South Carolina capitol

  At least five people were arrested on Saturday as white-supremacist and African-American groups clashed outside the South Carolina State House, where the Confederate battle flag was removed last week after a half-century, authorities said.

• Confederate flag supporters rise up to defend embattled symbol

  An eight-mile convoy of pickups, motorcycles and cars wound through a central Florida town on Sunday in a show of support for the Confederate flag, as a backlash against its banishment from public landmarks across the South picks up steam.

• NAACP votes to end boycott of South Carolina over Confederate flag

  The national board of directors of the prominent civil rights group, the NAACP, voted on Saturday to end its 15-year boycott of South Carolina prompted by the display of the Confederate battle flag on state capitol grounds.

• Confederate flag to fall from South Carolina state capitol

  The Confederate battle flag, a symbol of both racism and southern pride, will be removed on Friday from the South Carolina state Capitol grounds after the Civil War banner fell from favor since the slaying of nine black churchgoers in June.

• South Carolina poised to remove Confederate flag on Thursday

  The Confederate flag, a symbol of racism for many in the United States and of Southern heritage for others, is set to be removed from South Carolina's state Capitol grounds on Thursday after lawmakers sealed its fate in a late-night session.

• South Carolina bill to remove Confederate flag advances in legislature

  South Carolina lawmakers took a step on Monday toward removing the Confederate battle flag that flies at the state house in Columbia, long denounced as a symbol of slavery by critics.

• Confederate flag debate reaches Congress

  A growing backlash in Southern states against flying the Confederate battle flag spread to the U.S. Congress on Thursday when Democratic lawmakers aimed to remove the banner from parts of the Capitol, but it quickly ran into opposition in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

• U.S. justices to hear Confederate license plate free speech case

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to weigh in on whether Texas officials should have approved a specialty license plate that displays the Confederate flag.