Commentaries by Jonathan Bruno

The Freedom of Information Act Was Just Amended. Here's What Changed—And Didn't.

July 29, 2016 05:03:51 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Jonathan Bruno of the Harvard Law School discusses recent changes to and ongoing limitations of the Freedom of Information Act...A few weeks ago, President Obama signed into law a major amendment of the US Freedom of Information...

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Ku Klux Klan trials began in South Carolina

On November 28, 1871, Ku Klux Klan trials began in US District Court in South Carolina as part of a federal effort to halt growing White violence in the former Confederate states. Learn more about the Ku Klux Klan trials.

New Zealand women vote for the first time in a general election

On November 28, 1893, women voted in New Zealand elections for the first time.