They’re the focus of the immigration debate. But across the nation, Latinos are rising to power and offering a glimpse of what’s ahead.
According to Illinois law, it's pretty simple - if someone outside of the car can see what you're doing, it's illegal. So if you're driving around with your pants off and someone catches a glimpse, you could be in hot water. And no, putting on a show for other drivers on the ...
Hold on, though, because there's even more. One category Lawless leaves out (not unreasonably) are party officials, who in many states are often elected on primary ballots, alongside candidates for regular office. For instance, in Louisiana, voters elect representa...
According to Illinois law, it's pretty simple - if someone outside of the car can see what you're doing, it's illegal. So if you're driving around with your pants off and someone catches a glimpse, you could be in hot water. And no, putting on a show for other drivers on the ...
This has been an issue for years: In a 2016reportthe Bipartisan Policy Center urged state legislators to “review statutory deadlines for ballot requests and returns to see if they conform to the new USPS delivery standards.” But four years later, states largely haven’t changed th...
states could impose certain restrictions as long as the right to an abortion remained intact. Legislators in predominantly Republican states such as Texas tended to pass bills putting limits on abortion, many of which have resulted in legal challenges and small differences from state to state. Thos...
California, Illinois and Michigan, but federal judges found that these laws violated First Amendment rights to free speech. Louisiana is the latest state to have its law struck down. District Judge James Brady wrote that "depictions of violence are entitled to full constitutional protection" [ref...
Groups like the Sons of Columbus Legion in New York forged relationships with state legislators eager for the immigrant vote, and state after state made Columbus Day an official holiday. Starting in 1934, Congress issued a joint resolution calling on each American president to designate October ...
Jefferson and other legislators of his time realized that if the boundless land of North America was to be properly developed, a new security instrument had to be created to provide the people toiling to improve that land (“mechanics,” in the parlance of the time) peace of mind that thei...
Former Secretary of State Clinton saluted Harris for possibly breaking the “highest, hardest glass ceiling” to become America’s first woman president. Clinton was the Democratic nominee in 2016, but she lost that election to Trump. The former New York senator said it was “the honor of my...