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Commentaries by Brandon L. Garret

A Time Out for the Death Penalty

February 21, 2015 10:14:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Brandon L. Garrett, of the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses Governor Tom Wolf's death penalty moratorium ...Is declaring a "time out" to the death penalty in Pennsylvania an abuse of the governor's power "ignoring duly...

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Nineteenth Amendment ratified

On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, establishing women's suffrage, was ratified by the states. Learn more about the Nineteenth Amendment.

IOC bars South Africa over Apartheid

On August 18, 1964, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred South Africa from participating in the Summer Olympics due to the country's Apartheid policy. The nation would not be reinstated until 1992. Learn more about the banishment of South Africa by the IOC from the BBC.