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Federal Judge Blocks Ron DeSantis' 'Positively Dystopian' Stop WOKE Act
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDeclaring it a “positively dystopian” assault on free speech, a U.S. district judge blocked...
Corporal punishment is still a thing? Tennessee must end it for our kids' sake.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporal punishment against schoolchildren does not...
The Forgotten History of the Child Labor Amendment
Time via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA young girl tends the spinning machine at a cotton mill in North Carolina. Children worked adult hours for pennies in mills and factories all over the...
WHO Calls for Punitive Booze and Soda Taxes on the Anniversary of Prohibition Repeal
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDonfiore | Dreamstime.com How do you mark the anniversary of Prohibition's repeal? At Reason we...
U.S. Supreme Court turns away suit by Texas inmate held 27 years in solitary confinement
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a Texas inmate convicted of robbery...
When will marijuana be legal in Missouri? Rules and dates to know after Amendment 3 passed
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMissouri voters approved Amendment 3 on Tuesday, which legalizes recreational, adult-use marijuana and expunges some non-violent marijuana-related offenses. The amendment will: Remove state ...
Allowing death sentence for child rapists gets unanimous OK in Senate committee
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoA bill that would challenge existing Supreme Court precedent by allowing the death penalty for...
Why the Founding Fathers ratified the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The U.S. Constitution is the supreme ...
Supreme Court justices grapple with whether cities can ticket homeless people
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe Supreme Court wrestled Monday for more than two and a half hours with the issue of ticketing...
Florida’s first state execution in three years renews lethal injection debate
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoFlorida’s 100th inmate to be executed in the modern era is scheduled to die Thursday by lethal...