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Alan Keyes. Alan Lee Keyes (born August 7, 1950) is an American politician, political scientist, and perennial candidate who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1987. A member of the Republican Party, Keyes sought the nomination for President of the United States in 1996, 2000, and 2008 ...
University of North Carolina (2023) Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978), was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that involved a dispute of whether preferential treatment for minorities could reduce educational opportunities for whites without violating the Constitution.
Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe, No. 19-416, 593 U.S. ___ (2021) The Alien Tort Statute ( codified in 1948 as 28 U.S.C. § 1350; ATS ), also called the Alien Tort Claims Act ( ATCA ), is a section in the United States Code that gives federal courts jurisdiction over lawsuits filed by foreign nationals for torts committed in violation of international law.
June 10, 2024 at 1:12 PM. By Mike Scarcella. (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by Uber and subsidiary Postmates to revive a challenge to a California law that could force ...
Jimmie Allen's former manager agreed to drop her lawsuit that accused the country singer of sexually assaulting her.. The woman, identified in filings under the pseudonym "Jane Doe," sued Allen in ...
Pattis defended Jones against a lawsuit by many of the Sandy Hook victims' families that resulted in Jones being ordered to pay more than $1.4 billion in damages after a jury trial in Connecticut ...
In 1974, the California Supreme Court ruled that UC Davis violated the Equal Protection Clause and the Civil Rights Act because they were relying on racial quotas heavily. Allen Bakke was a thirty-five-year-old man who applied to UC Davis medical school in two consecutive years, but was rejected both times.
Background Further information: Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction era As initially ratified, the United States Constitution granted each state complete discretion to determine voter qualifications for its residents. : 50 After the Civil War, the three Reconstruction Amendments were ratified and limited this discretion. The Thirteenth Amendment (1865) prohibits slavery "except as a ...