JURIST
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Come November 8, Vermont residents will have the opportunity to amend their state constitution and abolish slavery and indentured servitude for good. To be clear, Vermont does not currently allow either in any form, but there is antiquated language in the state constitution that allows for certain exceptions.
HowAppealing
JUNE 3, 2021
“Chances grow that Supreme Court will take up Maine’s ban on religious school funding”: Matthew Stone of The Bangor Daily News has an article that begins, “A new federal court opinion in Vermont improves the chances that a Maine case challenging the state’s ban on public funding for religious schools could end up before (..)
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JonathanTurley
JUNE 22, 2022
As we wait for the release of the most significant Second Amendment case in over a decade from the Supreme Court (as early as tomorrow), CBS featured Ibram X. States opposed to slavery, like Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island, had precursor state constitutional provisions recognizing the right to bear arms.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 8, 2021
In a letter, the court found a basis for a temporary injunction to allow Cross to return until Dec. 31 pending further orders of the court. Accordingly, “[T]he Court has found … that the disruption relied upon was insufficient.” Indeed, if Cross is fired, such questions could be soon before a court.
JonathanTurley
JULY 30, 2021
Slavery was a matter discussed both at the Declaration of Independence and during the Constitutional debates. States opposed to slavery, like Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island, had precursor state constitutional provisions recognizing the right to bear arms. In his famous 1770 defense of Capt.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 29, 2023
Now, a filing in the Supreme Court supporting censorship efforts by the Biden Administration has supplied a handy list of the anti-free speech states for citizens. Not surprisingly, the state of California is leading the effort to get the Supreme Court to reverse a decision enjoining the government from censorship efforts.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 19, 2021
They would instantly become part of a larger state with greater resources and greater success in areas ranging from education to courts to infrastructure. can legitimately point to a population roughly equal to Vermont’s and greater than Wyoming’s. While Vermont and Wyoming have smaller populations, D.C. Indeed, D.C.
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