HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ARRESTED!! This was an innocent and brave child! Tweet
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Elsie Law’s Dose Of The Law: Tibble vs. Edison International
The July 2015 issue of Money magazine states that the recent unanimous Supreme Court decision in Tibble vs. Edison International makes it easier for employees to sue their employers for failing to offer the cheapest possible mutual funds in their 401(k) plan. Tweet
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Read the rest of this entry »Black History Fact Of The Day: The Fugitive Slave Law
On this day, February 12, in 1793, The United States Congress passed the first fugitive slave law to be added to the Constitution. This law allowed any slave owner to appear before a magistrate and declare that their slave had escaped. The slave owner could make this declaration orally or in writing, and an order […]
Read the rest of this entry »Elsie Law’s Dose Of The Law: Slave Trade Act of 1788
According to Wikipedia, “The Slave Trade Act 1788, also known as Dolben’s Act, was an Act of Parliament which placed limitations of the number of people that British slave ships could transport. Dutch ships were not subject to restrictions on the number of slaves they could carry.” The fact that the slave trade was “legally” […]
Read the rest of this entry »Elsie Law’s Dose Of The Law: The Code Noir
“The French empire in the West Indies was built on sugar production and the labor of enslaved Africans. The Code Noir, a French legal code, regulated slavery in the West Indies. Though it was never made law in Canada, New France’s slaveholders applied the Code Noir when they thought it necessary. In 1685, when the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Elsie Law’s Dose Of The Law: The Franking Privilege
According to Black’s Law Dictionary, The Franking Privilege is: “The privilege of sending certain matter through the public mails without payment of postage, in pursuance of a personal or official privilege. The privilege granted to members of Congress to send out a certain amount of mail under signature without charge.” Tweet
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