News From Around the South 8/22 to 8/29
TENNESSEE: State Judge Ignores Confederate Monuments Inside Their Own Courts The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals held last week that it isn’t prejudicial for jurors to decide the fates of Black people from inside a government jury room effectively dedicated to the...
On Government Invasions of Private Property
The execution of a search warrant on the home of former President Donald Trump has brought to mind a dark and dangerous side of law enforcement. The idea of government agents rummaging through the private possessions on the private property of anyone against that...
Four Early American Heroes Whose Revolutionary Careers Ended in Humiliation
Revolutionary War history is filled with heroes and villains, and which is which depends on which side of the Atlantic you were sitting. Here in the United States, our history textbooks mention every one of the names on this list, a memory of their valuable...
Is ‘Autocracy’ America’s Mortal Enemy?
In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden declared to the nation and world: “We are engaged anew in a great battle for freedom. A battle between democracy and autocracy.” On her trip to Taiwan, Speaker Nancy Pelosi echoed...Obiter Dicta
Last week, the Supreme Court effectively abolished the right to assembly in three Southern states. By refusing to hear an Read More
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FLORIDA: Will a Florida museum on Black history tell whole story? Some worry it won’t Florida’s proposal to create a statewide Black history museum prompted interest, and then glossy reports, Read More