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Vermont dispatch: Proposal 2 would remove language of slavery, indentured servitude from state constitution

JURIST

The crossed-out language is what will be removed from the constitution if Proposal 2 is adopted. According to the author of Proposal 2, Vermont constitutional law professor Peter Teachout, the amendment makes no change to substantive rights. Evidence lies in both the constitutional language and judicial precedent.

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Justices decline to reinstate GOP-backed congressional voting maps in North Carolina, Pennsylvania

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Share The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block orders by courts in North Carolina and Pennsylvania that threw out the congressional maps enacted by the states’ Republican legislatures and replaced them with maps drawn by the trial courts. 23, the state supreme court refused to put the expert’s map on hold.

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Justices take up cases on veterans’ education benefits and 16th Amendment

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Share The Supreme Court on Monday added two new cases to its docket for the 2023-24 term, involving educational benefits for veterans and a rare appearance by the 16th Amendment. A Washington state couple, Charles and Kathleen Moore, went to federal court to challenge the tax. In Moore v. In the second case, Rudisill v.

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Supreme Court Delivers New Rebuke to the Biden Administration in Reinstating the “Remain in Mexico”

JonathanTurley

The Biden Administration has racked up a long line of losses in federal courts in what is one of the worst records in the first six months of any modern presidency. This week the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to strike down President Biden’s renewal of the controversial eviction moratorium.

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Federal Judge Suggests Abortion May Be Protected Under 13th Amendment’s Ban on Involuntary Servitude

JonathanTurley

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in the District Court for the District of Columbia has caused a bit of a stir after a hearing in a criminal case where she called for briefing on the alternative grounds for the right to an abortion. The theory runs against the text, history, and case law of the Thirteenth Amendment. Alabama , 219 U.S.

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Project Veritas Wins Victory Against New York Times In Defamation Action

JonathanTurley

Sullivan, sued for defamation and won under Alabama law. Sullivan’s lawsuit was one of a number of civil actions brought under state laws that targeted Northern media covering the violence against freedom marchers. seven times. The Montgomery Public Safety commissioner, L. He was awarded $500,000 — a huge judgment for the time.

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The Rise of Gotcha Legislation: Newsom and DeSantis are Legislating Soundbites and Voters are Loving it.

JonathanTurley

Newsom’s gun ‘heartbeat’ law. Newsom tapped into the liberal rage after the Supreme Court refused to enjoin the Texas law that allows people to sue anyone who “aids or abets” an abortion performed after about six weeks. I think it’s a big ‘F–k you’ to the Supreme Court.”.