Anthony Sanders

@IJSanders

Director, Center for Judicial Engagement . Plus I tweet on things like the Loeb Classical Library. Come for the law, stay for the Loebs. All opinions my own.

Twin Cities, Minnesota
Vrijeme pridruživanja: ožujak 2014.

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  1. prije 19 sati

    This part of Epcot seems to no longer be in the European Union.

  2. 30. sij

    He must have been so much fun at parties. .

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  3. 30. sij

    Pliny the Younger was the kind of guy who'd compose poetry while everyone else was watching the Super Bowl. "And if during the running the racers were to change colours, their partisans wold change sides."

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  4. 30. sij

    You can pretty much say the same thing about federal heath care spending (which you can blame on both parties).

  5. 29. sij

    Chilling ghost story that Pliny the Younger passed on about a ghost in chains ("fetters" in Edwardian English). Wonder if this inspired Dickens for Jacob Marley?

  6. 28. sij

    19. Interestingly, this constitution also requires that the voters be asked if a new convention is desired at least once every 20 years. It has been rejected twice, including in 2008 when Illinois voters had more on their mind.

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  7. 28. sij

    18. This effort was successful, was approved by the voters, and went into effect in 1970. It is one of the country’s most recent constitutions. It did a lot of updating & added a Baby Ninth Amendment & an anti-discrimination provision.

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  8. 28. sij

    17. This constitution also had many problems and a convention was even called. But the constitution drafted by that convention was rejected by the voters in 1922. After multiple other failed attempts, a new convention was convened in 1969.

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  9. 28. sij

    15. This constitution was amended semi-frequently in its early years, including to give the governor the line-item veto. But the process of amending the constitution was made more difficult by a 1917 Illinois Supreme Court decision: People v. Stevenson (117 N.E. 747).

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  10. 28. sij

    12. Another convention was held in 1869 out of which came the constitution of 1870. This document limited suffrage to only men over 21 & refused to even submit a separate provision on women’s suffrage to the voters. So, nothing radical here.

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  11. 28. sij

    11. The issues stemming from this constitution were felt almost immediately. The restrictions made the government less able to respond to the problems of the Civil War. The problems were so bad, a convention was actually called during the war, but nothing really came of it.

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  12. 28. sij

    10. The 1848 Constitution focused on restricting the power of the General Assembly & giving more power to the people—a common development for the time. Additionally, the counsels of revision were also abolished & power was given to the governor to act as a check on the GA.

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  13. 28. sij

    9. This constitution lasted until 1848, when it was replaced by a constitution approved by 75% of voters. But the changes were unexciting for the most part which in turn led to a relatively low voter turnout.

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  14. 28. sij

    8. The convention finished the constitution in August 1818 & sent it to Congress for approval. The debate in Congress was all about (you guessed it) slavery. But the petition was approved & with the signature of President Monroe in December 1818, Illinois became a state.

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  15. 28. sij

    7. The constitution also had a Declaration of Rights with many of the traditional protections included. It was appended at the end & drew heavily from the Declarations of other similar states at that time.

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  16. 28. sij

    5. The original constitution set up the typical bicameral legislature, a Supreme Court & a governor. The governor sat on a council of revision with Supreme Court justices. They could “veto” laws, but the legislature could override it by a simple majority vote.

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  17. 28. sij

    4. The convention quickly decided that there were over 40,000 inhabitants in Illinois (historians say unlikely) so they set out to draft a constitution. Luckily, they had a lot of examples to draw from, especially borrowing from Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky & Indiana.

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  18. 28. sij

    3. By 1817 the Illinois legislature was ready to petition Congress for statehood. But first, they had to prove that Illinois had at least 40K inhabitants & adopt a constitution acceptable to Congress. So, the legislature convened a convention to address both of these.

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  19. 28. sij

    2. The Illinois territory was originally governed from Indiana, but the people felt that was just too far away, so they decided to make it on their own! Illinois became a separate territory in 1809 & began taking serious steps toward statehood in 1812.

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  20. 28. sij

    1. This week’s edition of explores the constitutional history of Illinois, the (& a couple other presidents too) & our 3d state in this series admitted under the Northwest Ordinance.

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