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11 Aug 2021, 10:57 am by Will Baude
One early example I often see cited is Thomas Jefferson's order to the district attorneys to stop prosecuting cases under the Sedition Act, which he believed unconstitutional. [read post]
5 Aug 2021, 5:41 am by Editor Charlie
Before the United States Copyright Royalty JudgesCopyright Royalty Board Library of Congress Docket No. 21–CRB–0001–PR               (2023–2027) COMMENTS OF HELIENNE LINDVALL, DAVID LOWERY AND BLAKE MORGAN             Helienne Lindvall, David Lowery and Blake Morgan submit these comments responding to the Copyright Royalty Judges’… [read post]
28 Jul 2021, 11:57 am by Mike Keating
The collision occurred in the northwest side neighborhood of Jefferson Park. [read post]
27 Jul 2021, 5:26 am by Stephen Mayeaux
I think it is just amazing how much history is housed within the Library of Congress, such as collections that were once owned by historical figures like Thomas Jefferson, congressional publications that date back to the beginning of the United States, etc. [read post]
27 Jul 2021, 2:25 am by NCC Staff
It was a function and department so important that James Madison proposed it to the First Congress and Thomas Jefferson was appointed as the first Secretary of State. [read post]
26 Jul 2021, 4:07 pm by Bruce Zagaris
Bettwy, an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of California and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where he teaches a course – which long anticipated mine! [read post]
26 Jul 2021, 4:07 pm by Bruce Zagaris
Bettwy, an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of California and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where he teaches a course – which long anticipated mine! [read post]
19 Jul 2021, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
(It should be noted, however, that Dolley had often previously served as a hostess for Thomas Jefferson.) [read post]
15 Jul 2021, 10:11 am by Jonathan H. Adler
And the Court repeated Thomas Jefferson's warning that compelling an individual "to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. [read post]
14 Jul 2021, 6:14 am by Stephen Mayeaux
I learned recently that the Library of Congress was destroyed by fire twice, but the law collection survived both times (once because Thomas Jefferson replaced it afterwards, and once just by getting lucky). [read post]
6 Jul 2021, 6:47 am by Margaret Wood
S.278, a bill proposing the authorization of the purchase and publication of the papers and manuscripts of the late Thomas Jefferson. [read post]
4 Jul 2021, 8:10 am by Ilya Somin
" Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration, similarly wrote, in 1781, that "It [has] been the wise policy of these states to extend the protection of their laws to all those who should settle among them of whatever nation or religion they might be and to admit them to a participation of the benefits of civil and religious freedom. [read post]
4 Jul 2021, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
They were Thomas Jefferson, John Adams (both in 1826 on the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence) and James Monroe, a neighbor of Jefferson’s, who died five years later in 1831. [read post]
30 Jun 2021, 11:05 am by Keith E. Whittington
The bill could make it unlawful for instructors to assign their students to read certain writings of Thomas Jefferson or Abraham Lincoln, to read works of literature by Mark Twain or William Faulkner. [read post]
30 Jun 2021, 8:38 am by Eugene Volokh
[So holds a Fifth Circuit panel (by a 2-to-1 vote), in an assignment requiring the writing of the Pledge of Allegiance, but the same argument would apply, I think, to compelled statements of other ideologies, whether related to patriotism, race, sex, sexual orientation, or anything else.] [read post]
25 Jun 2021, 6:00 am by Terry Hart
” Library of Congress to Celebrate the Return of Visitors to the Thomas Jefferson Building in July — “A limited number of free timed entry passes will be available on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., with last entry at 3 p.m. [read post]
21 Jun 2021, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
”  Despite sophisticated theoretical and technical tools developed in the last half-century, jurists are still parsing Hamilton’s Federalist to determine the scope of “the judicial power” and citing random letters from Thomas Jefferson to his nephew to construe the term “bear arms. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 7:30 am by Sandy Levinson
  In his decision, of course, Taney makes effective use of the many discriminatory laws passed by Northern states, including Massachusetts and Connecticut.It is commendable that Lash included Thomas Jefferson’s truly racist Inquiry 14 from his Notes on the State of Virginia, as well as some (though not very much) material from those defending the full humanity and capacities of Blacks. [read post]