Legal Opinion
United States v. Louisiana
District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Decided July 26, 2016No. Case No. 3:11-cv-00470-JWD-RLBPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND RULING ON THE MOTIONS TO DISMISS FILED BY DEFENDANTS AND THE MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT FILED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
JUDGE JOHN W. deGRAVELLES,
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
I. INTRODUCTION
As his second term neared its end, Thomas Jefferson wrote: “[T]hat .government ,.. [is] the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.”1 Long after the franchise had expanded to more than the free men envisioned by this president and determined to realize its duty to promote the exercise of this most fundamental right, the…
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