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Kansas v. Glover: Just Common Sense?

We have no idea why Officer Mehrer decided to check on Glover’s license plate. Might it matter after all? Can a jurisdiction instruct its officers to run the license plate of every automobile they come across and to assume that any owner whose license has been suspended or revoked should be stopped to see if the owner is driving? What is the common-sense answer?

It Could Have Been Worse, But a Statute Designed to “Break Down All Discrimination” Against African Americans Deserves Better than Comcast Corporation v. National Association of African American-Owned Media

The year after the Civil War, the federal government made a commitment to Black people in this country. In simple but sweeping language, the Civil Rights Act of 1866 mandates that “[a]ll persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right . . . to make and enforce contracts . . . as is enjoyed by white citizens.”

Kansas v. Garcia: The Court Greenlights State Prosecutions of Unauthorized Workers

Propelled to office on his celebrity and a populist platform, the Republican president’s “Make America Great Again” slogan rallied his conservative base and positioned him to sign sweeping immigration legislation during his second term in office. If that last bit sounds off, it may help to clarify that the president in question was Ronald Reagan, the year was 1986, and the legislation was the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA).