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 ...
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 ...
"These Events Took Place in 2023—Not 1943": Title VI Anti-Semitic Harassment Claim Against Cooper Union May Proceed
Judge John Cronan's opinion today in Gartenberg v. Cooper Union (S.D.N.Y.) considers Jewish students' claim that Cooper Union, a N.Y. private college, was ...
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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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Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that's unlikely ...
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DeSantis Applauds Florida's Plummeting Abortion Rates Following Six-Week Ban
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday applauded the drastic decrease in the number of Florida abortions, prompted by the governor's efforts to enact and keep a six-week ...
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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 ...