Taxes might be a necessary component of American economy but how much of your money is collected each year varies from state to state. Take a look at the breakdown of your state s collection, and how
The Right to Assemble: Responding to Protests, Spontaneous Gatherings, and Counter-Demonstrations
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The right to assemble is protected under both the First Amendment of the United States Constitution (“Congress shall make no law…abridging…the right of the people peaceably to assemble…”) and the Washington State Constitution Article I Section 4 (“The right of…the people peaceably to assemble for the common good shall never be abridged”). In
De Jonge v. State of Oregon, 299 U.S. 353, 364 (1937), the United States Supreme Court recognized that the “right of peaceable assembly is a right cognate to those of free speech and free press and is equally fundamental,” while reversing the conviction of defendant for “criminal syndicalism” (i.e., assisting in the conduct of a meeting of the Communist Party).
Droves of activists clad in purple descended on Lawyers Mall outside the Maryland State House on Thursday afternoon to protest abortion and advocate for access to care from conception until natural death as lawmakers milled from offices to the chamber to drop last-minute bills before the deadline.
The United States Supreme Court’s decision in Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund leaves anyone with responsibility for a discharge to groundwater wondering whether that discharge is prohibited by the federal Clean Water Act. Guidance issued by EPA at the very end of the Trump administration offers no real assistance. Join us for a lunchtime presentation about how we got here, where
Credit The Ed Johnson Project
In 1906, Ed Johnson - a young Black man - was falsely accused and wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not commit here in Chattanooga.
His case reached the United States Supreme Court, which issued a stay of execution.
But a violent mob took the law into its own hands - and lynched him on the Walnut Street Bridge.
From his arrest through his trial to the final moments of his life, Ed Johnson said, again and again: “I am an innocent man.”
Scenic Roots bring you a series of conversations with members of
The Ed Johnson Project about his story from more than a century ago - and the memorial in this century at the south end of the bridge where his life ended.