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15 Sep 2009, 3:26 am
La inmediata restitución de la cosa pignorada, a partir del momento del cumplimiento total de la obligación garantizada (cfr. artículo 1871). [read post]
19 Jul 2009, 8:17 pm
In 1871, Congress passed (and President Grant signed) a bill colloquially referred to as "the Ku Klux Klan Act," which included: [A]ny person who, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State, shall subject, or cause to be subjected any person within the jurisdiction of the United States to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution of the United States, shall, any such law,… [read post]
16 Feb 2022, 11:55 am by Roger Parloff
For instance, Brooks’s House of Representatives colleague Eric Swalwell, of California, has sued Brooks (and three others) under the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 in a case stemming from the Capitol siege. [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 10:46 am by Frank O. Bowman, III
Republican politicians have embraced immigration as a potent political issue. [read post]
2 Jul 2011, 6:55 am by JB
Over at Point of Order, Michael Stern responds to my account of the legislative history and original purposes of Section 4 of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Public Debt Clause.He asks three useful questions.First, why should we pay attention to Senator Wade's speech, which I claim explains the purposes behind section 4, when his proposal was not the final version? [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 3:00 am by John Day
This is one of a series of posts that will excerpt sections from the third edition of my book, Day on Torts: Leading Tennessee Tort Cases. [read post]
2 May 2022, 5:55 am by Laurie Blank
In the 19th century, the 1871 Treaty of Frankfurt imposed war indemnities amounting to five billion gold francs on France at the end of the Franco-Prussian War, and Greece had to pay four million pounds in war reparations to Turkey at the end of the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. [read post]
2 Oct 2020, 6:41 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Treaty making with the Indians ceased in 1871 in response to demands from the House of Representatives for a role in the making of federal Indian policy.203 Thereafter, relations between the United States and Indian tribes were governed by statute. [read post]
10 May 2024, 9:01 am by Matthew A. Seligman
The future of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of former president Donald Trump for the alleged 2020 election conspiracy depends on the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity in three ways. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 3:00 am by Peter A. Mahler
A lawsuit between the owners of an upper east side Manhattan "gentlemen's club" called Sapphire, involving charges of self-dealing and financial abuse by the managing partner, led to an interesting but not surprising decision earlier this month, holding that a member of LLC #1 which, in turn, is a member of LLC #2, lacks standing to seek judicial dissolution of LLC #2. [read post]
28 Dec 2013, 1:18 pm by Giles Peaker
This one has been sitting in my draft collection for a while, but, as Christmas fades towards the new year, it finally got done. [read post]
21 Feb 2024, 9:00 am by William Banks
He was expressly authorized to do so by the 1870 Enforcement Act, and the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. [read post]
5 Apr 2010, 7:09 pm by Jason C. Brown
HF 1824/SF 1976, HF 1870/SF 1975, and HF 1871/SF 1974 were introduced to create a constitutional amendment stating that marriage would be the union of a man and a woman. [read post]
24 Sep 2014, 6:01 am
” Such was the description given by Justice Walker in discussing the effect of the act of April 12, 1871, regulating, and in certain cases, prohibiting, the carrying of deadly weapons. [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 3:11 am by Lyle Denniston
Background An old civil rights law, passed by Congress in 1871 and sometimes known as the “Ku Klux Klan Act,” provides a very wide-ranging option for individuals to sue for money damages if their constitutional rights have been violated — but that law’s expansive Section 1983 does not apply if the violator works for the federal government. [read post]