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6 Dec 2022, 5:01 am by Kristina Lorch, John Sullivan Baker
§ 1985(1), part of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 that protects federal officials from conspiratorial acts intended to prevent them from performing their duties. [read post]
20 Nov 2022, 9:55 am by David Kopel
Bowie knives are back in constitutional law news these days, after a very long absence. [read post]
20 Nov 2022, 9:53 am by David Kopel
Reviewing the Spitzter Declaration led to finding three laws I had missed: an 1871 D.C. ordinance, an 1893 Rhode Island statute, and another enactment of a Montana anti-dueling statute. [read post]
16 Nov 2022, 4:49 pm by Jacob Katz Cogan
Sarah Jean Mabeza & Tamalin Bolus, Changing the narrative: A Tool on African Traditions and the Preservation of Humanity during War Tania Ixchel Atilano, The 1871 Mexican Criminal Code as the missing piece in the history of criminalizing violations of the laws of war Maartje Abbenhuis, Branka Bogdan & Emma Wordsworth, Humanitarian bullets and man-killers: Revisiting the history of arms regulation in the late nineteenth century Vitaliy Ivanenko, The origins, causes and enduring… [read post]
11 Nov 2022, 9:22 am by Howard M. Wasserman
They offered no evidence that Congress enacted Section 1983 in 1871 with contract cases in mind; showed no well-settled background principles had been incorporated into the statute; and ignored amendments to the Social Security Act (another spending clause law) endorsing some private enforcement under the court’s established approach. [read post]
8 Nov 2022, 7:24 am by Gerard Magliocca
One thing that stands out is Harlan's rhetoric on race when he ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Kentucky in 1871. [read post]
7 Nov 2022, 1:12 pm by Howard M. Wasserman
Section 1983, enacted as Section 1 of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, authorizes private suits against any person acting under color of state law who deprives the plaintiff of rights “secured by the Constitution and laws. [read post]
7 Nov 2022, 7:27 am by Robbie Kenney
(Flickr) Bucco’s bill, S-1871, would increase the services available to qualifying veterans, requiring the Adjutant General of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) to develop a program to help vets access evaluation and treatment for potentially devastating brain conditions related to military service. [read post]
13 Oct 2022, 7:37 am by snahmod
It might be thought that, inasmuch as section 1983 was enacted in 1871 by […] [read post]
11 Oct 2022, 9:22 am by David Kopel
In 1871, a congressional statute provided that future enactments regarding Indian affairs would not be by treaty. 25 U.S.C. sect. 71. [read post]
10 Oct 2022, 6:23 am by Amanda L. White Eagle
After 1871, the federal government and tribes transitioned to treaty substitutes, like codified congressional acts and executive orders. [read post]
26 Sep 2022, 5:01 am by Mark A. Graber
On Sept. 6, Judge Francis Mathew, a state district court judge in New Mexico, disqualified Couy Griffin, an Otero County commissioner who enthusiastically participated in the events of Jan. 6, 2021, from holding office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. [read post]
12 Aug 2022, 5:55 am by Nicholas Rasmussen
Five years ago today, white supremacist extremists from across the United States traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia for the “Unite the Right” rally. [read post]
12 Aug 2022, 3:50 am by SHG
But the Civil Rights Act of 1871 as enacted contained additional significant text, what I call the Notwithstanding Clause. [read post]
10 Aug 2022, 8:55 am by Lawrence Solum
In other words, the problem with current qualified immunity doctrine is not just that it departs from the common law immunity that existed in 1871. [read post]