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The U.S. Congress sent the 15th Amendment to states for ratification in late 1869, the January 1870 debates renewed opposition to non-White suffrage. Transmitting the amendment to California's legislature, Haight warned, "If this amendment is adopted, the most degraded Digger Indian within our borders becomes at once an elector, and so far, a ...
Case name Citation Date decided Stack v. Boyle: 342 U.S. 1: 1951: Sutphen Estates, Inc. v. United States: 342 U.S. 19: 1951: McMahon v. United States: 342 U.S. 25
People v. Pointer is a criminal law case from the California Court of Appeal, First District, where the trial judge included in his sentencing a prohibition on the defendant becoming pregnant during her period of probation. [252] The appellate court held that such a prohibition was outside the bounds of a judge's sentencing authority.
In Brown v.Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court of the United States ruled segregation by race in public schools to be unconstitutional. In the following fifteen years, the court issued landmark rulings in cases involving race and civil liberties, but left supervision of the desegregation of Southern schools mostly to lower courts. [1]
Nasdaq’s push for board diversity targets is facing a fresh round of legal challenges. On Tuesday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals—recognized as one of the most conservative appeals ...
A vote to appoint committee leaders for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California revealed stark divisions among board members this week, with some calling for more diversity among ...
Colton Hall in Monterey, site of the 1849 Constitutional Convention. The Monterey Convention of 1849 was the first California Constitutional Convention to take place. [1] [8] [9] Bvt. Brig. Gen. Bennett C. Riley, ex officio Governor of California, issued a proclamation on June 3, 1849 calling for a convention and a special election on August 1 where delegates to the convention would be elected.
The bill would prevent school boards from forcing school staff to inform a student’s parents if they request to use a name or pronoun that does not align with their biological sex.