Messenger: Do lawyers matter? A Sixth Amendment case in Missouri turns on that question
Mueller, a former public defender, eventually took the case and mostly won at trial. A jury acquitted Thompson of the felony ...
Confusing Language May Have Doomed Anti-Slavery Amendment; Lawmakers Want to Try Again
When the 13th Amendment abolished slavery but allowed the exception as punishment for convicted crimes, California followed ...
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"Title VI Must Be Applied Consistent with First Amendment Principles"
Title VI Must Be Applied Consistent with First Amendment Principles, Even When the Defendant is a Private Institution. At the outset, Cooper Union maintains that Gartenberg's hostile environment ...
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Ky amendment limiting gubernatorial pardons in election years passes out of committee
A Kentucky Senator has tried to limit when governors can issue pardons or commute sentences in a gubernatorial election year ...