Juneteenth, Iran Elections, and Rethinking Great Whites
No images? Click here Good morning. It's Friday, June 18, and we're covering a new federal holiday, a pair of major Supreme Court decisions, and much more. Have feedback? Let us know at hello@join1440.com. First time reading? Sign up here. NEED TO KNOWJuneteenth HolidayPresident Joe Biden signed into law yesterday a bill establishing June 19 as the newest federal holiday. Also known as Juneteenth, the date recognizes the formal end of slavery across the US. The bill garnered strong bipartisan support, having been approved 415-14 in the House and passed by unanimous consent in the Senate. Federal workers will have the day off today in recognition of the Saturday holiday. Long celebrated by Black communities, Juneteenth honors the 1865 reading of Order No. 3 by Union officers in Galveston, Texas. Though the Civil War had ended two months prior, and the Emancipation Proclamation signed two-and-a-half years earlier, Texas remained a remote slave state at the time. The declaration legally abolished slavery in the final Confederate state. It becomes the first new federal holiday recognized since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983; see a timeline of when each holiday was created here. Iran ElectionsVoters in Iran head to the voting booth today, casting ballots in a national election to determine the country's next president. Conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi, viewed as the preferred candidate of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is expected to win the race. Raisi would be a significant change from current President Hassan Rouhani, generally viewed as a moderate, who is ineligible to run due to constitutional term limits. The election comes amid growing disillusionment among voters, with the country grappling with dual economic crises from renewed economic sanctions and the pandemic. Inflation of the rial, the country's currency, has risen more than 40% since 2018, while analysts say unemployment may be as high as 20% (the official reported rate is 11%). Ultimate power in the country lies with the religious hierarchy, most notably Khamenei—see how the Iranian government works here. SCOTUS Decisions The Supreme Court yesterday rejected a challenge to the Obama-era Affordable Care Act, sidestepping the primary issue in the case in a 7-2 vote that found the defendants did not have legal standing to challenge the law. It was the third time the law has survived challenges at the high court. An initial 2012 decision found the law's individual mandate was constitutional because an accompanying fine acted as a de facto tax. The fine was reduced to zero as part of the 2017 tax reform package, prompting opponents to challenge the entire law, who argued the effective tax no longer existed. Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented; read the opinion here (California v. Texas). Separately, the court delivered a unanimous decision, ruling a Philadelphia-area Catholic adoption agency could not be excluded from city contracts over its refusal to work with LGBTQ couples due to religious beliefs. CRYPTOCURRENCY, COMFORTABLEYou may already have a stock brokerage account, but are you on a crypto exchange that gives you exposure to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum? As it turns out, those can be the same thing. Try searching for symbols: GBTC and ETHE today to find Grayscale Bitcoin Trust and Grayscale Ethereum Trust in your brokerage account. They give you digital assets exposure without the challenges and inconvenience of storing them and signing up for a new platform. Grayscale is a world leader in digital currency asset management, with the longest track record running, and they've created a clear path for you to be able to invest in the asset class you hear so much about these days. Kickstart your digital currency investing journey today. 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