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. 4. velj

    14. The constitution imposed literacy, employment, & property requirements for voting. Although these hit poor whites too, an exception for “veterans” allowed many of them to be registered anyway. The constitution was adopted, but only w/ voting fraud in black areas.

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    12. In 1874, as Reconstruction ran out of steam, Democrats regained legislative control & called another convention. The new constitution set up segregated schools & put limits on state spending. Full disenfranchisement, though, had to wait for further federal abdication.

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  3. 4. velj

    10. 18 of the 100 delegates to the convention were black, & radical Republicans dominated. The resulting document protected the right of all male citizens, regardless of color, to vote, &, pursuant to Congress’ wishes, had loyalty oaths for voters & bars on ex-confederates.

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    8. Much blood & destruction later, it was time for an “Andrew Johnson approved” constitution, very early in the Reconstruction era. (Sept. 12, 1865) The constitution forbade slavery & pledged allegiance to the Union, but not a lot else.

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  5. 4. velj

    5. Later, Alabama didn’t just walk the walk on unenumerated rights, but talked the talk. In one of my favorite antebellum cases, the AL Supreme Court invalidated a licensing rule requiring an oath that the applicant has never engaged in a duel. In re Dorsey, 7 porter 295 (1838).

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  6. 4. velj

    3. For its time & its location the resulting constitution was fairly “progressive,” as they say. There were no property qualifications to vote (tho, of course, you had to be a white male) & it had guarantees of public education, & public ratification of constitutional amendments.

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  7. 4. velj

    1. Perhaps more than any other state, Confederate resistance & Jim Crow dominate the history of Alabama’s constitutions. But that doesn’t mean the state has nothing to be proud of in its own fundamental law. Join us on ’ journey into the “Heart of Dixie.”

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  8. 2. velj

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

  9. 30. sij

    He must have been so much fun at parties. .

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  10. 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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  11. 30. sij

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

  12. 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?

  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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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