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Author Archives: Daniel B. Moskowitz

Ku Klux Klan marching down Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C ca. 1926. (Photo by: Hum Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Posted inStories

It Started as a KKK Publicity Stunt. It Became a Defining Supreme Court Free Speech Case.

by Daniel B. Moskowitz 1/3/20231/26/2023

Speech advocating illegal conduct is protected under the First Amendment.

Drawing of actor Joseph Jefferson in costume as Asa Trenchard.
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‘Our American Cousin’: The Play That Lured Lincoln to His Doom

by Daniel B. Moskowitz 9/13/20229/13/2022
Posted inStories

The History of Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court

by Daniel B. Moskowitz 9/7/20229/7/2022
The removal of the Cherokee Native Americans to the West in 1838. Oil on canvas, 1942, by Robert Lindneux.
Posted inStories

The Supreme Court Case That Decided Indian Sovereignty

by Daniel B. Moskowitz 9/6/20229/6/2022
Posted inStories

The History of the Separation of Church and State in the US

by Daniel B. Moskowitz 8/4/20229/1/2022
Posted inNews

The History of Gun Control and the Second Amendment

by Daniel B. Moskowitz 6/16/20226/24/2022
Posted inStories

How an 1837 Boston Bridge Dispute Redefined Private-Public Rights

by Daniel B. Moskowitz 3/25/20223/24/2022
Posted inFeature

How ‘the Maternity Act’ Gave Lawmakers Significant Protection From Constitutional Scrutiny

by Daniel B. Moskowitz 2/21/20222/23/2022
Attorneys for the plaintiffs in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Baker v. Carr (from left) Hobart Atkins, Harris Gilbert, Z.T. Osborn Jr., Warren Chandler, and C.R. McClain in May 1962. The case, brought by Millington, Tenn., Mayor Charles W. Baker and other organizations against Tennessee Secretary of State Joe C. Carr, had profound implications for state legislature apportionment.
Posted inStories

The Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decision So Profound That One Justice Had a Nervous Breakdown

by Daniel B. Moskowitz 12/10/202112/8/2021
Posted inStories

How A New York Socialite Helped Defend Native American Culture

by Daniel B. Moskowitz 9/13/20213/23/2022

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