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20 Aug 2021, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Friends, the Supreme Court has long held that claims for damages against state and local judges are a hard no go under Section 1983 because absolute judicial immunity was well-settled and uniformly followed at common law in 1871 (when Section 1983 was passed). [read post]
27 Jul 2021, 2:05 pm by Sasha Volokh
"] Here's "A-Sitting on a Gate" (1871) (also known as "Haddock's Eyes", "Ways and Means", and "The Aged Aged Man") by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898). [read post]
23 Jul 2021, 3:33 am by SHG
To the contrary: the Brown Court enforced the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, one of the federal laws the Supreme Court had earlier gutted, but which nominally prohibited southern states from discriminating against Black people. [read post]
6 Jul 2021, 6:47 am by Margaret Wood
These bills range in date from the 6th Congress (1799-1800) to the 42nd Congress (1871-1873). [read post]
27 Jun 2021, 8:43 pm by Omar Ha-Redeye
The problem is that the Applicant’s ancestors, and most of the Sinixt people, moved to the U.S. in 1870, before B.C. even joined the Confederation of Canada in 1871. [read post]
25 Jun 2021, 12:02 pm by Ryan J. Farrick
Davis and the other plaintiffs say that the "Trump Train" protesters violated the federal Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. [read post]
24 Jun 2021, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
But except for a single justly-famous speech from John Bingham from March 1871, the collection ends before the 1871 Ku Klux debates begin. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 6:30 am by JB
A third, and equally fateful choice is Lash’s decision to omit most post-ratification materials, including the Congressional debates leading up to the passage of civil rights acts in 1870, 1871, and 1875. [read post]
18 May 2021, 11:13 am by Mark C. Niles
  Section 1983 was originally included in the Civil Rights Act of 1871, also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, passed at the height of “Radical Reconstruction,” as a federal judicial enforcement mechanism for the 14th Amendment. [read post]
4 May 2021, 4:30 pm by Tom Smith
On June 4, 1871, Sara Baines hopped down from a wagon at Fort Bridger, a remote military and trading outpost at the crossroads of several pioneer trails in what would one day become Wyoming. [read post]
27 Apr 2021, 6:18 am by Nicholas Mosvick
By 1871, in Tarble’s Case, Justice Stephen Field spoke of conscription as a clear power of Congress. [read post]
20 Apr 2021, 4:44 pm by Nicholas Mosvick
On April 20, 1871, President Ulysses Grant signed the law, also known as the Civil Rights Act of 1871. [read post]
12 Apr 2021, 2:28 pm by Adam Schwartz
This movement is buoyed by legal scholars who show the doctrine has no support in the 1871 law’s text and history. [read post]
9 Apr 2021, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Friends, Tuesday April 20 is the 150th anniversary of President Grant signing the Civil Rights Act of 1871 into law, giving the federal government powerful tools to fight the Ku Klux Klan—and giving civil rights plaintiffs a powerful tool, Section 1983, to hold state and local officials accountable for violating the Constitution. [read post]