Jerry Summers: Howard P. Sompayrac, Jr., - The Great Dissenter (1928-2009) Monday, May 3, 2021 - by Jerry Summers
Jerry Summers
Although the title “The Great Dissenter” was applied to Justice John Marshall Harlan of the United States Supreme Court, for his strong solitary dissent in the landmark decision of Plessy v. Ferguson on May 18, 1896, that upheld racial segregation, Hamilton County has also had a “great dissenter.”
Prior to the creation of Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the “privatization” of the Hamilton County Workhouse in 1983, the care and incarceration of inmates was at the antiquated jail on Walnut Street and the workhouse farm in Silverdale.
On this day: SCOTUS rules in favor of Va. law that set precedent of forced sterilization After being raised by foster parents and allegedly raped by their nephew, the appellant, Carrie Buck (left), was deemed feebleminded and promiscuous. In 1924, Buck was committed to the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded, near Lynchburg, and there ordered sterilized. (Source: Library of Virginia) By Rachel DePompa | May 2, 2020 at 10:00 AM EDT - Updated May 2 at 3:20 PM
(WWBT) - On this day in 1927, a major decision was made by the United States Supreme Court in a case known as Buck v Bell. At stake was a Virginia law that allowed for state-sponsored institutions to forcibly sterilize prisoners and those in mental institutions because they were deemed “undesirable.”
Phillips waits to be paid for work for GovGuam
By Shane Healy
In the case
Guam, et al. vs. Arnold Davis, Phillips says the governor of Guam retained his firm Phillips and Bordallo, which agreed to a flat fee of $25,000 to represent the government. Phillips subsequently reduced the billing to $21,548.75.
Phillips added that both the Governor s Office and the Office of the Attorney General were aware of the work he had done on the case, but his firm remains unpaid as of filing the claim.
Phillips provided letters and emails from Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero and Attorney General Leevin Camacho thanking Phillips for his work done as special counsel to represent Guam in its Petition for Writ of Certiorari in
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When I received my first dose of Pfizerâs COVID-19 vaccine last December, nobody paid me to roll up my sleeve. Yet, as vaccination efforts approach an expected tipping point, at which the amount of available vaccine exceeds the number of willing recipients, with the rate of vaccination far below the threshold required for herd immunity, paying people to take their shots likely offers our societyâs best chance at stemming the pandemic.
Private employers â including American Airlines, Marriott and Dollar General, have already taken the lead in this regard â but payouts are generally low: an extra day off or a few hours pay. The sooner the government starts offering larger cash incentives to the public the safer all of us will be; former Maryland Congressman John Delaney has proposed $1,500.