Sentences with phrase «whose constitutionality»

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Sandford (whose name was actually Sanford), acting on behalf of his sister who was Dred Scott's owner, injected into the litigation the question whether any black person, free or slave, could be a citizen of the United States, and he directly challenged the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which forbade slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36 ° 30».

Just last month, Mr. Sharpton called for the suspension of a deputy inspector whose racially tinged comments on stop - and - frisk practices, secretly recorded by a subordinate officer, were prominently presented during a federal trial over the constitutionality of the tactic.

Following continued protests, Brazil's public prosecutor, whose role is to defend the rights of citizens, began an investigation into the constitutionality of the park.

Other speakers on the agenda include Utah Attorney General (and 2010 Senate candidate) Mark Shurtleff, whose topic is vaguely described as «Utah's Approach»; Kirk Torgenson, Utah's chief deputy attorney general, speaking on criminal prosecution of polygamy; Utah Legal Clinic attorney Brian M. Barnard on the constitutionality of laws banning polygamy; Salt Lake City criminal - defense lawyer Grant W.P. Morrison on family law and polygamy; and Ken D. Driggs, an Atlanta lawyer and polygamy historian, on legal case histories involving polygamy.