Judicial Notice (06.19.21): Moving On
Major SCOTUS rulings, the passing of a legendary jurist, and other legal news from the week that was.
Today is June 19 aka Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, the last slaves in the United States learned of their freedom when Gordon Granger, a Union general, arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed the slaves in that city of their freedom and the end of the…
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