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The lawsuit claims Indianas new abortion restrictions unlawfully deny temple members access to abortion and the Satanic Abortion Ritual by criminalizing the procedure.

Problematic. it does not represent the values of americans today. we are working with congress members to help change that. >> many americans would be surprised that slavery is still allowed today. how is it affecting people who are incarcerated? how common is this kind of work? >> sure. the amendment is the exception cause in the 13th amendment. tom it does affect millions of people in the united states today. it is not just the 2 million people who are currently incarcerated. in fact, it was a...

Count as three fifths of a person for the purposes of determining congressional representation. most of us have learned that slavery was abolished in 1865 with the eradication of the 13th amendment. that amendment did not fully abolish slavery. slavery is still very much legal in america today. this is how the 13th amendment actually reads. neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime wear of the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the united s...

Five states — Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont — will vote in the November midterm elections on whether or not to remove the punishment clause from their state constitutions.

Talked to a lawyer who had some simple advice about being pulled over by the cops. He said they have three "trick" questions. Here's how to handle them, politely (while holding onto the rights you have as a citizen). Instead, kindly invoke your 5th amendment right to stay silent.

India said it has always believed in the responsibility of States for promotion and protection of human rights and constructive international dialogue and cooperation guided by the principles of the UN Charter.

Connecticut released information on two sobriety checkpoints conducted by the state police. One near New Haven and one in Meriden.

First decade. if they do this it wipes out the first package they had and told us would get rid of inflation or part of the deficit. >> thats just another lie. were not going to discuss the inflation reduction act. but i do want to make sure people remember there is the 13th amendment. it says that we cant have slavery. people arent forced to go into medical school. theyre not forced to go into banking. theyre not forced to become stock brokers. theyre not forced to do any of those things. they ...

The first attempt in history to include anti-slavery, free-soil provisions into a national constitutional instrument was written by Thomas Jefferson. Most historians teach us about the slave-owning of Jefferson - which is important history, but they ignore this fact, and fact that his text of 1784 was copied almost verbatim as Section 1 of the 13th Amendment.

UConn professor traces history of the permanence of court rulings.