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In 1917, the state was among the first to adopt an Exclusionary rule, established in the case of Callendar v. State, which prevented illegally obtained evidence from be submitted in court. [29] In Williams v. Smith, a case heard in 1921, the Court overturned Indiana's eugenics laws, the first of their kind in the nation. [30]
An act of Congress, approved by the president on May 7, 1800, established the Indiana Territory as a separate governmental unit. [citation needed] The first General Assembly of the Indiana Territory met on July 29, 1805, and shortly after the Revised Statutes of 1807 was the official body of law.
In April 2006, U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker granted summary judgment in favor of Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita. [3] In January 2007, that judgment was affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit , where Judge Richard Posner was joined by Judge Diane S. Sykes , while Judge Terence T. Evans dissented.
All three plaintiffs were detained by Indiana State Police troopers on April 25 and given one-year bans from Dunn Meadow.The arrests, which occurred on the first day of an ongoing pro-Palestinian ...
Prior to the enactment of Indiana's first state constitution and achievement of statehood in 1816, the Indiana Territory was governed by territorial law. The state's first constitution was created in 1816, after the U.S. Congress had agreed to grant statehood to the former Indiana Territory. The present-day document, which went into effect on ...
The lawsuit states the belief that life begins at conception is not a theological opinion shared by all religions or all religious persons.
The government of Indiana was first formed in December 1816 and replaced the government of the Indiana Territory. The early government came under criticism beginning as early as the 1820s for having many public offices filled by appointment and lack of delegation of authority to lower officials, requiring state level legislation for things like ...
The Indiana challenge petition filed by Democrat Aaron Calkins claims Banks is ineligible to be a candidate because of a “violation of the 14th Amendment supporting an insurrection.”