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Features Rule of Law Chronicles: In America, the Kids Are Not Alright
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Rule of Law Chronicles: In America, the Kids Are Not Alright
Dina Francesca Haynes
September 7, 2023 12:30:12 pm

This article is the fourth in a series covering attacks on the rule of law. The rule of law is a political philosophy premised on the promise that all citizens, leaders, and institutions are accountable to the same laws, guaranteed through processes, practices, and norms that work together to support the equality of all citizens [...]

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Features Rule of Law Chronicles:  Migration, Xenophobia and the Immigrant Other
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Rule of Law Chronicles:  Migration, Xenophobia and the Immigrant Other
Dina Francesca Haynes
May 22, 2023 09:36:53 pm

This is the third article in a series covering attacks on the rule of law.  The rule of law is a political philosophy premised on the promise that all people, systems and institutions are accountable to the same laws, processes and norms that work together to support equality before the law.  This series argues that [...]

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Features Rule of Law Chronicles: Government Abuse of Power
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Rule of Law Chronicles: Government Abuse of Power
Dina Francesca Haynes
April 22, 2023 05:10:08 pm

This article is the second in a series covering attacks on the rule of law. The rule of law is a political philosophy premised on the promise that all citizens, leaders, and institutions are accountable to the same laws, guaranteed through processes, practices, and norms that work together to support the equality of all citizens [...]

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Features Rule of Law Chronicles: America’s Shadow Theocrats
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Rule of Law Chronicles: America’s Shadow Theocrats
Dina Francesca Haynes
April 5, 2023 12:12:05 pm

This article is the first in a series on attacks on the rule of law. The rule of law is a political philosophy premised on the promise that all citizens, leaders, and institutions are accountable to the same laws, guaranteed through processes, practices, and norms that work together to support the equality of all citizens [...]

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    Supreme court overturns racially restrictive covenants

    On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially restrictive covenants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even covenants between private individuals. In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Court overturned a covenant among members of a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that restricted home sales to only white families.

    World Press Freedom day

    May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. On May 3, 1845, Macon B. Allen, the first African American to practice law in the United States, was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. Learn more about Allen's admission.

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