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“Does the Gentlelady Have a Problem?” : Yes, Delegate Plaskett Most Certainly Has a Problem

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Plaskett rose to demand recognition and to know why she was not allowed to vote: “I note that the names of representatives from American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia were not called, representing, collectively, 4 million Americans.

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SCOTUS Kicks Off February Session With Four Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. The post SCOTUS Kicks Off February Session With Four Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc.: Under Dellmuth v. Muth , 491 U.S.

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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

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He is also a graduate of Columbia Law School. In the end, though, a large part of the story turned on the question of just what it was that enabled Harlan to see the law so differently from his peers. He was demonstrating that the purpose of Louisiana’s law was to separate Black people, not to treat every race equally.

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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Five Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Vaello-Madero : The case concerns whether Congress can exclude Puerto Rico from federal disability benefits. The post SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Five Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. ” Ramirez v. ” Ramirez v.

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“Reclaim America from Constitutionalism”: Law Professors Now Call to “Pack the States” Rather than “Pack the Court”

JonathanTurley

The problem is that many on the left have turned their ire on the Constitution itself as the root of all evil in our country. In a New York Times essay , law professors Ryan D. The New York Times column called for citizens to view the Constitution as the real enemy and to push to “radically alter the basic rules of the game.”