The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently rescinded the longstanding “Richardson Waiver.” [See 90 Fed. Reg. 11029 (3/3/2025).] As background, the Administrative Procedure Act (APA; Pub. L. No. 79-404, 60 Stat. 237, 6/11/1946) includes an exception to …
Rule 10.7.1(d) of the Bluebook covers slave cases. For cases involving an enslaved person as a party, use the parenthetical “(enslaved party).” For cases involving an enslaved person as the subject of a property or other legal dispute but named …
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The End of Term Web Archive is a collaborative initiative of several partners that “collects, preserves, and makes accessible United States Government websites at the end of presidential administrations.” The Archive has preserved .gov websites, as well as federal content …
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ProQuest has a free website titled Black Freedom Struggle in the United States. The site contains newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence, FBI records and more from six specific time periods in U.S. history: Resistance to Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860) …
The U.S. Supreme Court’s docket search offers email notifications when there is a new document or action in the case. Users must sign up to receive email notifications of activity in pending cases. To do so, visit the docket page for an …
