Ruling striking down FDA ephedra ban [US DC] News
Ruling striking down FDA ephedra ban [US DC]

Nutraceutical Corp. v. Crawford, United States District Court for the District of Utah Central Division, Judge Campbell, April 13, 2005 [striking down the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] ban on the weight-loss supplement ephedra, which was pulled off the market by the FDA in April of 2004 after it was found to be linked to some 155 deaths]. Read the full text of the order here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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UK parliament rejected J.S. Mill's proposal to give women the vote

On May 20, 1867, the British Parliament rejected by 196-73 an amendment to the 1867 Reform Act presented by John Stuart Mill that would have permitted women to vote. Review Mill's 1869 work The Subjection of Women.

Supreme Court applies Free Exercise Clause to state governments

On May 20, 1940, the United States Supreme Court held that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment applied to state governments in Cantwell v. Connecticut under the incorporation doctrine, which applied the protections of the Bill of Rights to state governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Learn more about the Incorporation Doctrine from the Cornell Law Schools' Legal Information Institute.