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Texas v. White, 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 700 (1869), was a case argued before the Supreme Court of the U.S. in 1869. [1] The case's notable political dispute involved a claim by the Reconstruction era government of Texas that U.S. bonds owned by Texas since 1850 had been illegally sold by the Confederate state legislature during the American Civil War.
Georgia v. Stanton: 73 U.S. 50 (1868) power of the Court to rule on constitutionality of Reconstruction Acts; parameters of the Court's jurisdiction United States v. Kirby: 74 U.S. 482 (1868) construction of criminal statutes: Ex parte McCardle: 74 U.S. 506 (1868) congressional power to limit Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction: Texas v. White
The Inclusive Communities Project is a Texas-based non-profit organization that helps low-income families obtain affordable housing. [5] In 2008, they filed suit against the Texas agency responsible for administering these tax credits, claiming it disproportionately allocated too many tax credits "in predominantly black inner-city areas and too ...
The Supreme Court's 1869 decision in Texas v. White put paid to the idea there was some reversible voluntary component to membership in this union of states. That case involved a suit over bonds ...
Texas v. Pennsylvania , 592 U.S. ___ (2020), was a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the administration of the 2020 presidential election in four states in which Joe Biden defeated then-incumbent president Donald Trump .
OPINION: As the Supreme Court hears arguments that will likely lead to the end of affirmative action, we thought we’d l The post A brief history of affirmative action…for white people appeared ...
Smith v. Allwright, 321 U.S. 649 (1944), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court with regard to voting rights and, by extension, racial desegregation. It overturned the Texas state law that authorized parties to set their internal rules, including the use of white primaries. The court ruled that it was unconstitutional for ...
After the Supreme Court sided with the federal government in the Texas v. New Mexico water case, the parties are going back to the drawing board. Texas sued New Mexico over Rio Grande Water.