slavery-abolition

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-5932 In Re Maurice Johnson 2020-10-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment african-american-rights citizenship-status civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process fourteenth-amendment legal-personhood reconstruction slavery slavery-abolition states-rights What branch of law authorized the states to apply abolished slaves labels (Negro, Black, Colored or African-American) to any African descent after 186…
20-5189 In Re Khayree Smith 2020-07-29 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights denationalization dred-scott-v-sandford due-process racial-classification slavery-abolition standing Whether the application of the abolished slave labels of 'negro', 'black', and 'colored' to individuals violates their constitutional rights and denat…
19-7147 In Re Khayree Smith 2020-01-03 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment chattel-property chattel-slavery civil-rights constitutional-rights denationalization due-process ex-post-facto jurisdictional-challenge racial-classification slavery slavery-abolition status What branch of law authorized States to apply abolished slave labels (Negro, Black, Colored) to any person of African descent after 1865?