U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Rights
Feb. 16, 2018
America’s first civil rights case: The Amistad
History's ultimate "bar exam question" is the fact pattern in United States v. Libellants of the Schooner Amistad, the U.S. Supreme Court's first civil rights case.
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James is an attorney and mediator in San Francisco. He is writing a book about presidential legal careers.
Just in case you're fighting vainly the old ennui, it may buck you up a bit to ponder that at the end of this month thousands of troubled souls will sit for the February bar exam; the boot camp of the brain. For seven long weeks they will have eaten right, laid off the fun stuff, and studied like Saint Jerome, only to endure two days of cranial abuse, followed by three months of fear, loathing and the discomfiting comfort of friends and relatives who express their con...
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