Appearing on MSNBC in May following the death of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old black man fatally shot in Georgia, Charlamagne tha God said owning a firearm was a reasonable means of self-defense for African Americans. …”I would also tell all my brothers and sisters out there to...
Cohen’s testimony is weak, claiming the former president never directly asked him to over-value Trump Organization assets, but instead implied somehow mind-reading style that he do so. — It’s all about the appeal, part II. The judges’ gag orders against Trump rub rough against the ...
The association was not a part of state government, but the Supreme Court held that the state had delegated authority to regulate school athletic programs to the organization. The Court applied the general principle where there is such a "close nexus between the State and the challenged action,...
29 when he took his seat in Albany, he quickly won statewide and even some national attention by leading a small group of Democratic insurgents who refused to support Billy Sheehan, the candidate for the United States Senate backed by Tammany Hall, the New York City Democratic organization. For...
The passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 guaranteed women the right to vote. Learn how suffragists fought for the cause and hear a summary of amendment in this brief video.
Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court declared in the landmark case Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District that students “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” But is that still t
and was the first woman of color to lead the organization. “Paulette’s commitment to, and groundbreaking work on behalf of, diversity and inclusion has made an important and critical difference to our Firm and throughout the country,” Locke Lord Chair David Taylor said in a press release....
of this "missing" 13th Amendment was to prohibit lawyers from serving in government. So began a seven year, nationwide search for the truth surrounding the most bizarre Constitutional puzzle in American history -- the unlawful removal of a ratified Amendment from the Constitution of the United ...
Noting that insurance groups are “out there on the front lines” where legal problems begin, Walker said his organization has defended good people and seen what happens when gun owners act irresponsibly. “You cannot respond to verbal provocation with deadly force,” he cautioned, later adding,...