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Legal History
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world10 days ago
1990 Scalia Letter Defends Smith Ruling That Neutral Laws Apply Despite Religious Practice
A letter written by Justice Antonin Scalia on May 25, 1990, defends his majority opinion in Employment Division v. Smith. The signed document on Supreme Court stationery was found in his papers at Harvard Law School. washingtontimes.com reported the discovery on July 11, 2026.
world13 days ago
King Issues Conditional Pardon to Ruth Ellis, Last Woman Hanged in Britain
The King commuted Ruth Ellis's 1955 death sentence to life imprisonment after a family campaign. Her grandson Stephen Beard described the decision as a removal of a negative mark on family history. A solicitor noted the pardon acknowledged that the punishment did not fit the crim…