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20 Feb 2019, 10:32 am by admin
Thaddeus Stevens,18 wanted to grant freed slaves full civil rights, both out of moral sentiment and to create a Republican power base.19 The “black codes”20 and laws that denied freedmen entry into the states21 hampered the Radicals’ goals, as did Supreme Court precedent favoring states rights (often regarding slavery).22 After President Johnson vetoed23 a civil rights bill24 that would have eliminated the black codes, Stevens sought to usurp power from the… [read post]
11 Feb 2019, 10:00 pm by DONALD SCARINCI
” Justice Byron White wrote on behalf of the majority, which included Justices William Brennan, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis Powell, and John Paul Stevens. [read post]
17 Jan 2019, 2:07 pm by Adam Feldman
Marshall voted alongside Blackmun, Brennan, Stevens and O’Connor to hold that a creche inside a courthouse was an endorsement of Christianity in violation of the establishment clause. [read post]
28 Nov 2018, 11:11 am by Adam Feldman
In terms of more modern justices of interest, Kennedy overturned multiple decisions authored by Justice John Paul Stevens; Justice Clarence Thomas overturned several of Kennedy’s decisions; and several justices, including Rehnquist and Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Antonin Scalia, overturned multiple decisions written by Brennan. [read post]
28 Aug 2018, 7:36 am by Eugene Volokh
One common argument in support of indecency regulations is that they merely restrict certain modes of expression, and leave people entirely free to express whatever ideas they like; as Justice Stevens put it, defending the indecency restriction in FCC v. [read post]
13 Jul 2018, 4:24 am by Edith Roberts
” Megan Brennan reports at Gallup that “[a]s the U.S. [read post]
10 Jul 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell University and co-author, most recently, of Beating Hearts: Abortion and Animal Rights. [read post]
2 Jul 2018, 10:19 am by Stephen Wermiel
They show, for example, how Brennan took over the completion of the case of Brandenburg v. [read post]
26 Jun 2018, 3:31 pm by Jon Levitan
This morning the court issued a 5-4 opinion in Trump v. [read post]
30 May 2018, 2:03 pm
Virginia is the latest appearance in a series that includes Justice Brennan's use in In re Sawyer, and Justice Stevens' in Califano v. [read post]
30 May 2018, 1:31 pm by Christine Corcos
Virginia is the latest appearance in a series that includes Justice Brennan's use in In re Sawyer, and Justice Stevens' in Califano v. [read post]
3 Apr 2018, 9:03 am by Adam Feldman
Justices John Paul Stevens and William Brennan tended to vote alongside the more liberal justices during the years when Warren Burger and William Rehnquist were chief justice. [read post]