150th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Case Dredd Scott
One hundred fifty years ago today, on March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court held in the Dredd Scott decision that slaves “imported into this country” were not U.S. citizens and thus could not claim the rights and privileges of citizenship, including access to justice through the courts. The decision denied Scott, as well all […]
Read More →DR Congo – Constitutional Referendum
More than forty years have elapsed since the Democratic Republic of Congo’s last democratic poll, which was held in 1960 upon gaining independence from Belgium, and the country’s constitutional referendum of 18-19 December 2005, in which 84% of the voters endorsed a new 229-article constitution (in French). The referendum represents a major turning point for […]
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