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The Hollowing of the Eighth Amendment | Duncan Hosie
New York Review of Books· 3 days agoIn 1991 an inmate named Dee Farmer sued prison officials at the US Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, for violating the Eighth Amendment< ...
La.’s Ten Commandments law will test religion-friendly courts, experts say
Washington Post· 6 hours agoThe law signed by Gov. Jeff Landry (R) Wednesday is the first one of its kind in the country since...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 days agoThe bill will now head to the Senate, where it is expected to face tough opposition before it can reach President ...
This Juneteenth, it’s time for Biden to honor the federal holiday he created by ending forced labor
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe best way to finally end slavery in America is to remove the slavery exception from the...
New Louisiana law requires display of Ten Commandments in classrooms, civil rights groups plan to...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoDame Law School Professor Richard W. Garnett, who is the director of the school’s Program on Church,...
Civil liberties groups to file lawsuit against new Ten Commandments law
KSLA-TV Shreveport· 4 hours agoOn Wednesday, June 19, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed House Bill 71 into law which requires the...
The Supreme Court leaves a Trump-era offshore tax in place on investors
NPR· 14 hours agoAt issue was a tax enacted in 2017 to pay for President Donald Trump’s massive corporate tax cut and to prevent off-shore tax dodges. It was challenged ...
Supreme Court upholds a tax on corporate wealth held overseas
LA Times via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoThat decision was generally understood to mean that the government may impose taxes on wages or...
Citizens-only voting, photo ID and income tax changes could become NC amendments on 2024 ballots
WCNC Charlotte· 7 hours agoThe North Carolina Senate is considering a slew of elections-related measures including three...
Louisiana’s Ten Commandments school law could test the Roberts Court
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoLouisiana just passed a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. ...