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Barney Frank quipped to conservative Iowa congressman Steve King, who’d fought on the floor against the bill, “If hate crime legislation passes tomorrow, you’ll still be free to call me a fag.”
Lillian Faderman • The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
People v. Pugh
The appeal addresses revocation of pretrial release under the SAFE-T Act for defendants arrested before its effective date, concluding the Act applies to such cases.
ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.netOpinion
A defendant appeals pretrial detention, arguing against an unlawful search and seizure claim and insufficient evidence showing he posed a real and present threat. The court's decision is affirmed.
ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.netPeople v. Stock
Defendant appeals denial of pretrial release for aggravated battery. Court finds State failed to prove no conditions can mitigate threat, reversing trial court’s decision. Remanded for further proceedings.
ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net‘Check the statute book, Professor. The Coroners and Justice Act 2009.’ ‘Refresh my memory.’ ‘Clearly prohibits any monetary gain by the description of a crime. Little thing called an “exploitative proceeds order”. Mainly ex-cons looking to cash in. But it comes in handy for us spooks now and then.’
Matthew Richardson • The Scarlet Papers: The Times Thriller of the Year 2023
Moreover, Harriet Stowe had made a black man her hero, and she took his race seriously, and no American writer had done that before. The fundamental fault, she fervently held, was with the system. Every white American was guilty, the Northerner no less than the slaveholder, especially the churchgoing kind, her kind.
David McCullough • Brave Companions
PORTER v. BOWEN, Opinion of the Court
The case addresses the First Amendment rights related to vote-swapping websites, determining that California's threat of prosecution was unconstitutional, while the official was granted qualified immunity for lack of clearly established law.
cdn.ca9.uscourts.govMore pointedly, he told Kennedy: “I have in my possession the names and amounts paid by him [Hill] to bribe the Minnesota legislature.” However, he never produced any such list. Barnes commented in June 1879, “I think the old man has gone crazy with jealousy and spite.” It is unclear what the associates had actually promised Farley. Promising him a
... See moreMichael P. Malone • James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest (The Oklahoma Western Biographies Book 12)
People v. Presley
The court affirms the order to detain defendant Joshua A. Presley, rejecting his appeal against denial of pretrial release under the Safety, Accountability, Fairness, and Equity-Today Act.
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