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16 Jan 2024, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
§ 241, a statute enacted in 1870 to target violence and intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction. [read post]
8 Jan 2024, 6:00 am by Bruce Hoffman
Grant created the Department of Justice specifically to counter-far-right terrorism from the Ku Klux Klan and other violent groups active in post-Civil War southern states. [read post]
29 Dec 2023, 2:52 pm by Eugene Volokh
March 20, 2013) (holding that while an "allegation of membership in the Ku Klux Klan" would be actionable, an "allegation that a person is a 'racist,' on the other hand" would not be actionable "because the term 'racist' has no factually-verifiable meaning")…. [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 4:41 pm by Eugene Volokh
" Plaintiff also identifies himself as being an "honorary member" of at least two organizations: the Knight's Party Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and the League of the South. [read post]
21 Nov 2023, 3:59 am by jonathanturley
It supported the right of the Ku Klux Klan to speak out, even though it is a hateful organization. [read post]
18 Nov 2023, 4:00 am by jonathanturley
As I have discussed previously, the Ku Klux Klan leader Clarence Brandenburg referred to a planned march on Congress after declaring that “revengeance” could be taken for the betrayal of the president and Congress. [read post]
28 Oct 2023, 3:24 pm by centerforartlaw
Lee.[7] However, after years of backlash, the state purchased the mountain.[8] However, since this purchase, the monument still remains due to the fact that in Georgia there have been various cultural preservation laws that have passed which allows monuments such as this one to remain intact.[9] Another such example of the complexities surrounding ownership of land with regards to Confederate monuments is the one outside of Nashville, Tennessee that honors Nathan Bedford Forrest, a confederate… [read post]
27 Oct 2023, 3:59 am by SHG
But what if Florida State University had a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan? [read post]
25 Oct 2023, 3:05 pm by lennyesq
Fifty-five years ago, police officials moved swiftly to root out a group of officers who had privately pledged their allegiance to the Ku Klux Klan. [read post]
6 Oct 2023, 9:41 am by Eugene Volokh
" The Foundation for Moral Law's brief describes the many ways that New York's law sweeps protected speech — such as a cartoon making fun of the Ku Klux Klan, a meme referring to Donald Trump as the "orange man," and a quote from the Bible disapproving of homosexuality — into its definition of "hateful conduct. [read post]
5 Oct 2023, 5:44 am by Eugene Volokh
In Brandenburg, a Ku Klux Klan leader stated to those gathered at a rally, which was covered by media and shown on television, "if our President, our Congress, our Supreme Court, continues to suppress the white, Caucasian race, it's possible that there might have to be some revengeance taken. [read post]
7 Sep 2023, 1:17 pm by Eliana Baer
The Appellate Division went though a litany of circumstances where, like here, speech was intended to exhort others to take action upon such speech, including examples from the civil rights movement, Ku Klux Klan rallies, as well as a drug lord’s publication of a website with the putative goal of spreading awareness of his case and seeking information about individuals involved. [read post]
7 Sep 2023, 5:17 am by Eugene Volokh
[So says the New Jersey intermediate appellate court, in a case involving a Jewish wife who was claiming her husband refused to give her a "get" (a Jewish religious divorce).] [read post]
3 Sep 2023, 2:58 pm by John Floyd
  Flag burning “F..k Joe Biden” flags commonly seen flying on Texas motor vehicles Hate-speech Hate inspired armbands Ku Klux Klan speech Cross-burning one’s property if charged as an “expression” crime Offensive protests signs Works of art T-shirt slogans Music lyrics Theatrical performances Political posters and buttons    The U.S. [read post]
29 Aug 2023, 2:21 pm by Eugene Volokh
Congress passed the Support-or-Advocacy Clause in the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. [read post]
22 Aug 2023, 4:00 am by Josh Blackman
8/22/1998: On August 22, 1998, Barry Black led a Ku Klux Klan rally in Carroll County, Virginia. [read post]
4 Aug 2023, 9:30 pm by ernst
    Joseph Patrick Kelly on Ku Klux Klan Acts (The Conversation).Weekend Roundup is a weekly feature compiled by all the Legal History bloggers. [read post]
4 Aug 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
It was the first in a series of measures known as the Ku Klux Klan Acts designed to protect rights guaranteed by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. [read post]