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8 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
” I have no particular brief for high Federalists from New England, but I do wonder what we might think had Garrison actually been influential and several New England states accepted his view and tried to secede, say, after the Supreme Court’s decision in Prigg v. [read post]
2 Jan 2023, 2:50 pm by Scott Bomboy
That small group includes George Washington’s chief of staff, a future United States president, and a controversial New York state politician. [read post]
29 Dec 2022, 9:05 pm by Victoria Hawekotte
FEBRUARY The Supreme Court restored congressional maps in Alabama after a district court ordered the state to redraw them before holding primary elections in March. [read post]
27 Dec 2022, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
The last half century has witnessed extraordinary, almost unimaginable, changes in how Americans think about the death penalty.Fifty years ago, in 1972, the United States Supreme Court brought a temporary halt to capital punishment in Furman v. [read post]
19 Dec 2022, 1:14 pm by Scott Bomboy
The court is considering whether Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for seven seats in the United States House of Representatives violated Section 2 of the VRA because the map “packed” Black voters into one of the state’s voting districts, diminishing their voting power. [read post]
13 Dec 2022, 7:55 am by Amy Howe
United States, the justices will take up the case of Timothy Smith, an Alabama software engineer and avid fisherman who was indicted for hacking into the website of Strikelines, a Florida company that identifies and sells the locations of artificial fishing reefs (which fisherman normally do not share). [read post]
13 Dec 2022, 2:45 am by Kyle Hulehan
Of the 38 states that allow local option sales taxes (including Alaska, which allows sales taxes on the local, but not state, level), all but four states (Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, and Louisiana) collect sales taxes on behalf of localities. [read post]
6 Dec 2022, 3:45 am by Kyle Hulehan
New Hampshire has the highest level of net outbound smuggling at 52.4 percent of consumption, likely due to its relatively low tax rates and proximity to high-tax states in the northeastern United States. [read post]
30 Nov 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
My father, who was black, was a career enlisted soldier in the United States Army and is a decorated veteran of both Korea and Vietnam. [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]
8 Nov 2022, 1:20 pm by Scott R. Flick and Elizabeth Craig
  Under the FCC’s EEO Rule, all radio and television station employment units (“SEUs”), regardless of staff size, must afford equal opportunity to all qualified persons and practice nondiscrimination in employment. [read post]
1 Nov 2022, 9:01 am by DONALD SCARINCI
The specific question the Court will decide is” [w]hether the state of Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for its seven seats in the United States House of Representatives violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. [read post]
30 Oct 2022, 9:00 pm by Austin Sarat
Executions in the United States frequently go seriously wrong. [read post]
30 Oct 2022, 10:01 am by jonathanturley
People are seeking the closure of the houses located in Summertown, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. [read post]