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How 'cruel and unusual punishment' and 'excessive fines' clauses apply to Tennessee
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAmendment VIII states: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” The Eighth Amendment</ ...
Tax Dollars Are Now Funding Christian-Nationalist Schools
New York Magazine· 4 hours agoIn Carson v. Makin, the same six justices who killed federal abortion rights decided it was...
Kentucky election officials say noncitizens aren’t voting in the state
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoKentucky election officials on Tuesday told lawmakers they know of no instances of noncitizens...
California’s Black legislators make case for reparations bills while launching statewide tour
San Francisco Chronicle· 8 hours agoSeveral members of California’s Legislative Black Caucus launched a statewide tour in San Diego Saturday to promote a slate of 14 reparations bills, including a measure that could change the ...
Jeff Landry declares Juneteenth a state holiday, closes state government
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 1 day agoJeff Landry declared it a legal state holiday. The holiday, recognized as a federal holiday in 2021,...
Phoenix mayor Gallego: 'listening sessions' coming after DOJ's blistering policing report
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoThe DOJ said Phoenix police unlawfully seized property and used excessive force, including fatal...
California’s Black Legislators Make Case for Reparations Bills While Launching Statewide Tour
US News & World Report· 8 hours agoSeveral members of California’s Legislative Black Caucus launched a statewide tour in San Diego Saturday to promote a slate of 14 reparations bills, including a measure that could change the ...
Trump news live: Biden trolls Trump ahead of Wisconsin rally with ‘Foxconn Con’ billboard...
The Independent US via AOL· 7 hours agoPresidential candidate back on the campaign trail with rally in Racine, Wisconsin, weeks after being...
Florida abortion ‘financial impact statement’ ruling remains on hold
Sun-Sentinel· 7 hours agoAn appeals court Monday kept on hold a ruling that would require a revamped “financial impact...
Cherokee Nation vote on constitution convention divides some citizens
Tahlequah Daily Press, Okla. via Yahoo News· 7 days agoJun. 11—A convention of Cherokee Nation citizens adopted a new Constitution in 1999, implemented it in 2003, and agreed another convention would be held at least every 20 ...