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21 Nov 2018, 12:01 am
But white conservative Democrats [at that time the party of the conservative right] regained control of the state legislature in 1870, and thanks to Ku Klux Klan violence and terrorism at the polls, were able to suppress black voting. [read post]
19 Nov 2018, 11:59 am
When Congress enacted Section 1983 as part of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, there was no common law tort of malicious prosecution. [read post]
16 Nov 2018, 8:00 am
Justices of the Supreme Court of Texas convened a special session of the court on Wednesday to honor judges and governors who served in the armed forces during the Great War. [read post]
1 Nov 2018, 3:28 pm
The site’s operator, a former Ku Klux Klan leader, said traffic has increased about 45 percent since the shooting…” [read post]
30 Oct 2018, 4:41 pm
“The SPLC is the premier U.S. organization monitoring the activities of domestic hate groups and other extremists – including the Ku Klux Klan, white nationalists, the neo-Nazi movement, antigovernment militias and others. [read post]
11 Oct 2018, 5:30 am
“A Lesson for Kavanaugh From Another Tarnished Supreme Court Justice: Hugo Black rose from his past in the Ku Klux Klan to become one of the great civil libertarians. [read post]
9 Oct 2018, 10:46 am
As Virginia Van Der Veer detailed in an 1968 issue of American Heritage, rumors about Black’s past membership in the Ku Klux Klan had circulated after his nomination, but only in September did a series of articles by Ray Sprigle of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette present evidence that broke open the story. [read post]
5 Oct 2018, 7:31 am
Many Americans were upset that a former member of the Ku Klux Klan was confirmed to the Supreme Court in 1937. [read post]
18 Sep 2018, 10:49 am
“Don’t tread on me” says the employee who displays visible tattoos depicting readily identifiable Ku Klux Klan symbols. [read post]
18 Sep 2018, 7:59 am
Abel said, an unsuspecting Frank Sinatra wanted to book a recording session; the Ku Klux Klan Symphony Orchestra, which, he said, the failed presidential candidate and former Klan grand wizard David Duke briefly accepted an invitation to conduct; Females for Felons, a group of Junior Leaguers who selflessly donated sex to the incarcerated; the mass 'fainting' of audience members during a live broadcast of 'The Phil Donahue Show'; his… [read post]
9 Sep 2018, 12:59 pm
It is part of the civil rights act of 1871, found in Section I of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. [read post]
1 Aug 2018, 3:30 am
Decker reports that viewers “shared his image online, overloaded his voicemail and flooded consumer websites like Yelp with hundreds of negative reviews, complete with images of the Ku Klux Klan and Hitler. [read post]
11 Jul 2018, 4:00 am
., including the Ku Klux Klan, various neo-Nazi organizations, and associated white supremacists, held rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia. [read post]
8 Jul 2018, 1:01 am
His latest book, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, tells the story of other historical moments in which vicious, hateful forces (like the Ku Klux Klan) have contended with inclusive, liberal movements (such as for civil rights) and leaders (FDR, Truman, and Lyndon Johnson) for defining what America is and should be. [read post]
25 Jun 2018, 3:23 pm
. 'I represented the Ku Klux Klan when I was in that job,' he said. 'My family was not pleased with me, but I said, Look, they have First Amendment rights, too. [read post]
22 Jun 2018, 6:46 pm
Ohio (1969), for example, the ACLU defended the First Amendment rights of a Ku Klux Klan leader prosecuted for addressing a small rally and calling for "revengence" against blacks and Jews. [read post]
17 Jun 2018, 4:05 pm
But if the Social Justice Water Works were permitted to deny service to the Ku Klux Klan Country Club, Hobby Lobby Electric's case would be different. [read post]
5 Jun 2018, 2:25 pm
As Thomas points out, it would be very odd for the Supreme Court to protect the right of members of the Westboro Baptist Church to carry signs saying, “God hates fags,” and the right of the Ku Klux Klan to burn 25-foot crosses, and yet rule that Phillips can’t politely decline to bake a cake. [read post]
2 Jun 2018, 6:27 am
”William Schenk took Justice Kennedy’s remarks to heart when he distributed flyers advertising the Ku Klux Klan to the homes of two women, one a Mexican-American, the other an African-American. [read post]
18 May 2018, 1:11 pm
The plaintiffs bring three claims: first, a D.C. tort claim for public disclosure of private facts; second, a D.C. tort claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress; and third, a claim under 42 U.S.C. 1985(3), a Reconstruction-era civil rights law known sometimes as the Ku Klux Klan Act, for intimidation of voters from engaging in political advocacy during an election. [read post]
