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28 Mar 2023, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
In Ex Parte Merryman (1861), Taney ruled that only Congress had the power to suspend the writ. [read post]
25 Jan 2023, 8:00 am by Mark Graber
  Abraham Lincoln hated slavery but declared throughout his political career that he would return people escaping slavery to their putative masters. [read post]
19 Jan 2023, 8:00 am by Guest Blogger
  That tradition held, broadly, that the Constitution requires that government ensure wealth and political power are widely distributed among the people, rather than being concentrated in too few hands; that we build and protect a broad, open middle class; and that our political economy must be inclusive across lines such as race. [read post]
8 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Lincoln was, after all, elected with only 39.8% of the popular vote in 1860. [read post]
3 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Thus, “governments” derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed” through elections. [read post]
2 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
[5] Levinson, ‘Perpetual Union’, at 466 (citing Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865 202 (Don E. [read post]
27 Dec 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
What it was attempting to do was to make the point that the Supreme Court had never come close to offering a cogent analysis of what it actually meant by “one person/one vote” and therefore the mantra of “equality” in voting power, which, after all, was the basis of Reynolds v. [read post]
30 Nov 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Abraham Lincoln departed from the station adjacent to these tracks to travel to Washington to take office as President. [read post]
20 Nov 2022, 9:53 am by David Kopel
Supreme Court affirmed in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. [read post]
3 Oct 2022, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone
Abraham Lincoln’s appointees ended the Southern dominance of the Court in ways essential to affirming his powers as President to respond to secession. [read post]
7 Sep 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
During Reconstruction, Democrats bitterly condemned how state equality in the Senate gave disproportionate power to New England states that were far more anti-slavery and racially egalitarian than the rest of the country. [read post]