On March 19, 2019, the world press widely reported that the chief executive of Volkswagen (VW), Herbert Diess, apologized for.
But sometimes miscarriages of justice can be even worse than the Hudspeth case. In 1906, Ed Johnson, a black man, was convicted of raping Nevada Taylor, a white woman, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and sentenced to death. His victim had not been able to describe her attacker and wasn’t even sure if he was black or white.
Johnson appealed the conviction, on the basis that his constitutional rights had been violated; no blacks had been allowed on the jury, and he should have been tried in a different district. As a result of his appeal Johnson was granted a stay of execution and the right of appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court – but the Chattanooga sheriff, Joseph Shipp, was having none of it.
Senator Brian W. Jones (R-Santee) today introduced Senate Bill 397, the “Religion is Essential Act.”
“Americans are guaranteed religious freedom and the right to congregate with fellow members at their chosen house of worship,” stated Senator Jones. “For 11 months, California Governor Newsom used the excuse of COVID to violate those rights and his fellow Democrat legislators sheepishly sat on their hands and allowed it to happen. Mercifully, the United States Supreme Court recently stepped in and returned our religious rights, but the threat from Newsom and others to undermine those rights again is still looming.”
Require that the Governor and local governments treat religious services as an essential service (just like retail) during any declared state of emergency; and
A national organization that combats sexual exploitation said pornographer Larry Flynt, who died Wednesday at 78, should be remembered as "a scourge on society," not championed as a free speech advocate.
Larry Flynt Dies, Hustler Magazine Founder Was 78
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Larry Flynt Dies, Hustler Magazine Founder Was 78
Larry Flynt was portrayed by Woody Harrelson in the Academy Award-nominated 1996 movie, The People vs. Larry Flynt.
Larry Flynt has died. He was 78-years old. The Hustler Magazine founder died from heart failure in Los Angeles, according to his family.
Larry Flynt has been one of the biggest names in the adult industry since starting Hustler Magazine back in 1974. He later went on to publish more provocative magazines over the years, which brought on continuous legal battles that lasted throughout most of his life. Flynt was famously portrayed by Woody Harrelson in the Academy Award-nominated 1996 movie,
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Louisiana Supreme Court issued the following announcement on Feb. 5.
The Louisiana Supreme Court announced the launch of several Black History Month educational initiatives to spotlight contributions of prominent African Americans to the field of law. The Supreme Court will partner with the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to bring these initiatives to schools statewide.
On Friday, February 5, 2021, Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice John L. Weimer, Justice Jay B. McCallum, Justice Piper D. Griffin, and Louisiana State Bar Association President Alainna R. Mire will host 20 second-grade students from Homer A. Plessy Community School in New Orleans for a book-reading on Thurgood Marshall, who was the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court. The reading of the selected book, “The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy,” will be digitally recorded and shared with elementary schools s