New Acquisitions for Indigenous People’s Day
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post highlights new acquisitions of the Law Library related to Federal Indian and sovereign Indigenous law.
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Elbridge Gerry and the Monstrous Gerrymander
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The first “gerrymander” was drawn on a map and signed into law on February 11, 1812. Elbridge Gerry, then governor of Massachusetts, signed into law a redistricting plan designed to keep his political party in power in the upcoming election. Upset that the Federalist Party was critical of James Madison’s foreign policy, Gerry signed the …
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