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supreme.justia.com
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| | | | | Loving v. Virginia: A unanimous Court struck down state laws banning marriage between individuals of different races, holding that these anti-miscegenation statutes violated both the Due Process and the Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. | |
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www.law.cornell.edu
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| | | | | [AI summary] The text discusses the legal and historical context surrounding campaign finance regulations, particularly focusing on the regulation of corporate and union political speech. It highlights key Supreme Court cases such as Buckley v. Valeo, Citizens United v. FEC, and McConnell v. FEC, which have shaped the understanding of corporate expenditures in elections. The text emphasizes the distinction between direct contributions and independent expenditures, the role of PACs, and the rationale behind restrictions on corporate spending to prevent corruption and the appearance thereof. It also references the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), noting how they have been upheld by the Court as legitimate exer... | |
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www.juancole.com
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| | | | | By Clarence Lusane | - ( Tomdispatch.com ) - On February 19, 1942, two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. It initiated a Department of Defense program that resulted in the rounding up and incarceration of about 122,000 individuals of Japanese descent. They were to be placed in federal "relocation centers" that would popularly become known as "internment camps." As it happened, they were neither. They were prisons set up to house and... | |
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www.twincities.com
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| | | A Manhattan judge is poised to decide whether to uphold Donald Trump's hush money verdict or dismiss it on presidential immunity grounds. Judge Juan M. Merchan has said he will rule Tuesday on the president-elect's request to toss his conviction because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gave presidents broad protection from prosecution. | ||
