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Connecting to What Matters: Remembering Bo Burt
the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island. President Washington offered a vision of tolerance for religious difference not as an indulgence but
The Modification of Decrees in the Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
Boundary Disputes and the Specter of War The Court almost never modifies boundary-related decrees. Consider Rhode Island v. Massachusetts, a boundary
Forum: Time-In-Cell: A Practitioner’s Perspective
in most systems perform these tasks with weapons that are only as powerful as pepper spray. Rhode Island carefully monitors the staff’s use of pepper
Competing Exclusionary Rules in Multistate Investigations: Resolving Conflicts of State Search-and-Seizure Law
Island Supreme Court’s decision in State v. Briggs is illustrative of a multifactor approach. In Briggs, the court upheld the admissibility under Rhode
Ban the Address: Combating Employment Discrimination Against the Homeless
broad, substantive rights, Puerto Rico’s statute has not to date been rigorously enforced or effectively implemented. Rhode Island became the first
Forum: What It Takes to Write Statutes that Hold the Firearms Industry Accountable to Civil Justice
Private Enforcement of Minnesota Consu… See, e.g., Rhode Island, Act for the Inspection of Gunpowder, Manufactured Within this State (1776… See, e.g
Forum: Douglas and the Fate of Ex Parte Young
377 F.3d 64, 74 (1st Cir. 2004))), overruled on other grounds by Narragansett Indian Tribe v. Rhode Island, 449 F.3d 16 (1st Cir. 2006). One
The New Minimal Cities
Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. All of these cities, including the ones in California
Popular Sovereignty and the United States Constitution: Tensions in the Ackermanian Program
Rhode Island voters. This new “People’s Constitution” was meant to replace the politically illegitimate royal Charter of 1663 that continued to
Forum: Public Interests, Private Institutions? Public Policy Challenges to Tax-Free Universities
the University to be “freed and exempted from all taxes.” In 1897, the Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that the Brown’s tax exemption should be