Protection of Incapacitated Persons Act of 2005 [US House] News
Protection of Incapacitated Persons Act of 2005 [US House]

HR 1332, Protection of Incapacitated Persons Act of 2005, passed by the United States House of Representatives on March 17, 2005 [passed in light of the Terri Schiavo case, and allowing a federal judge to decide whether withholding food, fluids, or medical treatment from an incapacitated person violates the US Constitution or other law]. Read the full text of the bill here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Dred Scott decided

On March 6, 1857, the US Supreme Court announced its landmark decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford, holding that black people—slaves as well as free—were not and could never become citizens of the United States and that the 1820 Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. Learn more about the Dred Scott case from Washington University in St. Louis (the city where Dred Scott initially filed his suit for freedom and had his case first tried). Review a selection of contemporary newspaper editorials reacting to the decision.