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A very real case from 1819 New York, complete with notes about the existence of mermaids: Is a whale a fish?
#riesenfeld center#rare books#umn law#minnesota law#legal history#old books#whales#whaling#whale oil#fish oil#taxonomy#mermaids#mermen#sea creatures
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Monogram Meat Snacks was slapped with a $140,164 fine after a Chandler, Minnesota factory run by the company was found in violation of child labor laws. The manufacturer is a subsidiary of Monogram Food Solutions LLC, which operates 13 factories across seven states and produces items like Wild Bill's Jerky, Bull's Snack Sticks, and Butterball Smoked Turkey Sticks.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the company had 11 or more children between the ages of 15 and 17 years old working at its Minnesota factory. Underage employees were even tasked with operating dangerous machinery. During an investigation that began in March 2023, the Labor Department temporarily banned the company from shipping its meat and cheese products from the facility. In July 2023, the DoL initially fined the company $30,276, after it was revealed that the facility employed two minors, aged 16 and 17. The additional civil penalty, which the company agreed to pay on October 5, comes following the discovery of nine more underage workers.
#news#child labor#child labor laws#us news#uspol#us pol#monogram meat snacks#minnesota#minnesota news#chandler minnesota
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"Two years ago, the biggest battles in state legislatures were over voting rights. Democrats loudly — and sometimes literally — protested as Republicans passed new voting restrictions in states like Georgia, Florida and Texas. This year, attention has shifted to other hot-button issues, but the fight over the franchise has continued. Republicans have enacted dozens of laws this year that will make it harder for some people to vote in future elections.
But this year, voting-rights advocates got some significant wins too: States — controlled by Democrats and Republicans — have enacted more than twice as many laws expanding voting rights as restricting them, although the most comprehensive voter-protection laws passed in blue states. In all, 39 states and Washington, D.C., have changed their election laws in some way this year...
Where voting rights were expanded in 2023 (so far)
Unlike two years ago, though, we’d argue that the bigger story of this year’s legislative sessions was all the ways states made it easier to vote. As of July 21, according to the Voting Rights Lab, [which runs an excellent and completely comprehensive tracker of election-related bills], 834 bills had been introduced so far this year expanding voting rights, and 64 had been enacted. What’s more, these laws are passing in states of all hues.
Democratic-controlled jurisdictions (Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island and Washington) enacted 33 of these new laws containing voting-rights expansions, but Republican-controlled states (Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming) were responsible for 23 of them. The remaining eight became law in states where the two parties share power (Nevada, Pennsylvania and Virginia).
That said, not all election laws are created equal, and the most comprehensive expansive laws passed in blue states. For example:
New Mexico adopted a major voting-rights package that will automatically register New Mexicans to vote when they interact with the state’s Motor Vehicle Division, allow voters to request absentee ballots for all future elections without the need to reapply each time and restore the right to vote to felons who are on probation or parole. The law also allows Native Americans to register to vote and receive ballots at official tribal buildings and makes it easier for Native American officials to get polling places set up in pueblos and on tribal land.
Minnesota followed suit with a law also establishing automatic voter registration and a permanent absentee-voting list. The act allows 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote too. Meanwhile, a separate new law also reenfranchises felons on probation or parole.
Michigan enacted eight laws implementing a constitutional amendment expanding voting rights that voters approved last year. Most notably, the laws guarantee at least nine days of in-person early voting and allow counties to offer as many as 29. The bills also allow voters to fix mistakes on their absentee-ballot envelopes so that their ballot can still count, track the status of their ballot online, and use student, military and tribal IDs as proof of identification.
Connecticut became the sixth state to enact a state-level voting-rights act, which bars municipalities from discriminating against minority groups in voting, requires them to provide language assistance to certain language minority groups and requires municipalities with a record of voter discrimination to get preclearance before changing their election laws. The Nutmeg State also approved 14 days of early voting and put a constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot that would legalize no-excuse absentee voting.
No matter its specific provisions, each of these election-law changes could impact how voters cast their ballots in future elections, including next year’s closely watched presidential race. There’s a good chance your state amended its election laws in some way this year, so make sure you double-check the latest rules in your state before the next time you vote."
-via FiveThirtyEight (via FutureCrunch), July 24, 2023
#voting rights#voting matters#united states#us politics#new mexico#Minnesota#Michigan#Connecticut#voting rights act#ballot box#civil rights#elections#election 2024#election law#constitutional amendments#felon voting#native american#first nations
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their cycles are syncing...
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#destiel meme#destiel meme news#united states#us news#news#police#cops#law enforcement#guns tw#tw guns#tw police#minnesota#what's funny is that no one will say what the heck these cops were doing that got em shot
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#us politics#news#twitter#tweet#gov. tim walz#Minnesota#food insecurity#feed the poor#Democrats#gov. sarah huckabee sanders#arkansas#child labor#child labor laws#free school meals#free school lunches#2023#more perfect union#john iadarola#tyt#the young turks
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i am genuinely so happy about the lgbt and in particular trans protection laws that are coming out of michigan and minnesota, but also, i need places that aren't so fucking cold to start passing those laws!!!!
#sorry but a minnesota winter would KILL me#(caveat yes yes california has pro lgbt laws consider this we cannot afford to live there it's why we left)
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“It is striking how far our society has gone in abandoning the most basic law enforcement for almost any crime. Criminals can show up in the state capitol, describe in great detail their crimes, and get applauded and even rewarded for doing so.”
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Students hard at work on computers at the Law School circa 1986.
#tbt#throwback thursday#from the archives#archives#photo archives#old photos#old school cool#technology#computers#1980s#riesenfeld center#umn law#university of minnesota#minnesota law#vintage computers
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Two families have joined with the University of Northwestern-St. Paul and Crown College in a federal lawsuit over a new law that excludes some Christian schools from the state’s Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program. The PSEO program, created in 1985, allows high school juniors and seniors to earn high school and college credit simultaneously, without incurring debt, by taking courses at the college or university of their...
#united states#Harbingers Daily#'Patently Anti-Religious': Parents & Christian Schools Sue Minnesota Over New Law#harbingersdaily.com
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Supreme Court Bracket
Remember that this is a silly Tumblr poll, and these two things are not actually in conflict. So don't get too heated in the notes.
Judicial Review. The case Marbury v. Madison declared a provision of the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional, thus preventing several late-term appointments by outgoing President John Adams from being seated under incoming President Thomas Jefferson. More importantly, the ruling established the principle of judicial review by which the Supreme Court can overturn, on the basis of unconstitutionality, laws passed by Congress and signed into law by the President. For this reason it is considered the single most important decision in American constitutional law.
Pre-Publication Censorship is Unconstitutional. The case Near v. Minnesota is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision that found that prior restraints on publication violate freedom of the press as protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, a principle that was applied to free speech generally in subsequent jurisprudence. The Court ruled that a Minnesota law that targeted publishers of ''malicious'' or ''scandalous'' newspapers violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
#xkcd#polls#tumblr polls#polls on tumblr#poll tournament#supreme court#law#us law#us politics#american politics#Supreme Court Round 3#Marbury v. Madison#Near v. Minnesota#Judicial Review#Pre-Publication Censorship is Unconstitutional#0x0v0x7
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When Steven Cooper found a gun and ammunition in the Chevy Blazer his brother gave him, he did what he thought was the right thing.
He wrapped the gun in a sweatshirt, put it inside the secured door of his apartment building, and waited for his parole officer to show up.
As a felon for a violent offense, Cooper isn’t allowed to possess a firearm and doing so could send him back to prison for years.
He turned the gun over to his parole officer and told her it probably belonged to his brother, who recently died and left behind some belongings in the car.
Cooper’s parole officer called the Duluth police, who put Cooper in handcuffs and took him to jail.
“I just wanted to do the right thing,” Cooper told a police officer from the back of a squad car on July 14, 2022. “This is something I can’t even fathom me going to jail for ‘cause I turned it in.”
Minnesota law doesn’t grant exceptions for people convicted of violent felonies to accidentally or briefly possess firearms.
The Department of Corrections chose not to send Cooper back to prison for violating parole, he says. (The Reformer reached out to the DOC to confirm but did not receive an answer).
But the St. Louis County Attorney’s Office charged him with felony possession of a firearm, which carries a minimum sentence of five years.
In his request to a judge seeking $60,000 bail, St. Louis County prosecutor Tony Rubin wrote, “While (Cooper) has an explanation of how he was in possession of a loaded 9mm pistol, it is not an excuse for a prohibited person to have a firearm and ammunition.”
Rubin, who was hired in 2019 by his father when he was St. Louis County attorney, was unavailable for comment. Rubin’s supervisor Nate Stumme wrote in an email that the office’s policy is to not comment on pending criminal matters.
Cooper and his attorney, Joe Vaccaro, say charging him for turning the gun into law enforcement sends the wrong message to other felons who find firearms or ammunition in their possession.
“I could have easily thrown that thing in a river. I could have easily gave it to somebody … dumped it in the garbage,” Cooper said in an interview. “Here’s the difference from the person that I used to be in 2006 and right now.”
This is absolutely boneheaded way to have the law written. This does send the wrong message of if you come into accidental possession you might as well keep it cause you’re fucked anyway.
I’m just an average person and I got handed an accidental firearm in a box of books at one point! We’ve got so damn many guns floating around loose in this country that absolutely no one should be penalized for going “shit, that shouldn’t be out somewhere unsecured!” He very much did the responsible thing and this is ridiculous when he’s finished his jail time.
also cash bail shouldn’t exist. Fuck that.
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I am so excited for PSEO this fall! A taste of college, if you will.
Go Huskies! SCSU 🤟🏻
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happy pride month! how about🌹, 🧡, 🏳️⚧️, & 🌱 for some queer questions? sending good writing vibes your way -megs 💙
@igarbagecannoteven hi megs! happy pride month to you as well! thank you for stopping by and for the good writing vibes!
🌹 - What is your Sexuality? asexual, baby!!!!!!!
🧡 - How has the way you presented yourself (ex. Clothing, hairstyle, etc.) changed since you realized you were queer? I'm not sure if this is connected to me being queer or just natural coming into my own in terms of style as i've gotten older, but I definitely play with masculine clothing more i guess? i really like men's formalwear, and I also wear more oversized men's clothes. that's on trend for more than just the queer community, but i like putting together an outfit and feeling a little queer about it
🏳️⚧️ - What Flag do you think has the best color scheme? I like the pansexual one tbh! also asexual and genderfluid! I'm not sure I necessarily like the order of the colors in the genderfluid one, but I like that pallet
🌱 - How would your younger self act if your current self told them they were queer? so like. growing up catholic. so there's some stuff to unpack there. but honestly i was chill as a kid so i think there'd be confusion but overall she'd decide it was something she didn't have to deal with until later
#ask#megs#igarbagecannoteven#i'm doing research on yachts for this fic :/#but the scene is getting more underway! which is good!#incorporating minnesota boat laws into a fic! wahoo!
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Lying about your identity to have sex is rape by deception meaning this guy is a rapist.
A southern Minnesota man has been sentenced to six years in prison for posing as a Department of Homeland Security officer on social media, where he built a following of thousands and lured unsuspecting women into relationships.
Reyel D. Simmons, 53, of Dodge Center, Minn., was sentenced in U.S. District Court in St. Paul last week after pleading guilty in January to impersonating a federal officer and illegal weapons possession. Simmons' sentence includes three years of supervision after he leaves prison.
Before sentencing, prosecutors argued for Judge Eric Tostrud to give Simmons a term of more than seven years, pointing out that he carried out his scheme behind his wife's back while at the same time dating the woman who eventually turned him in.
Defense attorney James Becker countered with proposing a two-year sentence. Becker noted that Simmons had an alcoholic mother and was raised in Denver by alcoholic grandparents. He also struggled with dyslexia and attention deficit disorder in school.
Becker acknowledged in a court filing that his client "maintained his fictional biography with several women with whom he had romantic relationships, including the woman he married and deceived for many years."
But, the attorney continued, he "never accrued any financial benefit ... and never sought to use his (mis)identity to gain access to restricted areas or information. ... In truth, Mr. Simmons was merely playing dress-up to impress people around him and to woo women."
According to court documents:
The FBI received a tip last summer from a woman who met Simmons on TikTok about him posing as an agent with Homeland Security under the pseudonym Rey Reeves. In reality he was working for Shutterfly in Shakopee.
Simmons collected nearly 10,000 TikTok followers while using a profile photo of him wearing law enforcement gear and made several posts displaying badges and firearms, and referring to himself as a federal agent.
Not only has Simmons never been a Homeland Security agent, he's never been connected with any law enforcement agency in an official capacity. Nor has he ever been in the military as he claimed.
Simmons regularly carried a backpack that he called his "go bag." It bore a Homeland Security emblem and contained a handgun, fake Homeland Security badge, and other items supporting his ruse.
The woman who tipped off the FBI said she and Simmons traveled between Minnesota and Georgia between February and August 2021 to spend time together.
Whenever they were in Minnesota, they stayed in hotels in the Twin Cities. He told her Homeland Security was paying for the room "due to his undercover assignments in the area," the original charges read. He said his cases included child sex trafficking.
She said his pickup truck had additional lighting on the front bumper and was equipped with a police radio.
He routinely told the woman that he was a Navy SEAL and claimed to know Chris Kyle, a SEAL whose life was the basis for the movie "American Sniper."
Simmons' charade began to unravel in August 2021, when a commenter on his TikTok page wrote: "stolen valor — impersonating a police officer again, oh and can proof be provided!"
The woman contacted the commenter and learned of Simmons' prior acts of impersonating an officer in Colorado. She then went to the FBI with what she knew. In the meantime, Simmons continued communicating with the woman and keeping up his act not knowing that she had turned him in.
The commenter told the FBI that the two of them worked in Colorado for Energis Services Oil Field from 2017 to 2019, when he presented himself as a SEAL and former Denver police officer. Simmons also sent his coworker a photo of himself with a holstered gun and wearing a shirt with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement logo.
Law enforcement seized from Simmons' residence in Minnesota eight handguns and rifles, some of which were discovered in a basement bunker with a hidden doorway.
Simmons admitted to possessing unregistered silencers/suppressors, detonating cord containing an explosive, a blasting cap, thousands of rounds of ammunition, body armor with law enforcement emblems affixed to it, and other law enforcement-style badges, clothing, bags, and identification documents.
His guilty plea to illegal weapons possession is connected to felony convictions out of Colorado for soliciting for prostitution in 2015 and for making a threat with a weapon in 2007 while pointing a what turned out to be a BB gun at people in a car and presenting himself as a federal agent.
The encounter began when the car hit Simmons' vehicle. He handcuffed the driver and headbutted a passenger.
#Minnesota#A man lying about being in law enforcement#Rape by deception#And he was married#His poor wife
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