Federal Courthouse; Charlottesville, Virginia. (Photo: Jacqueline Thomsen/ALM) What the Charlottesville Trial Against White Nationalists Means for Lawsuits Filed Over Jan. 6 Riots
The lawsuits all rely on the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, a post-Civil War law designed to protect newly freed Black Americans from white supremacists, although the cases invoke different sections of the law.
November 08, 2021 at 10:47 AM
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Litigation
In two federal courthouses more than 100 miles apart, lawyers are presenting arguments about conspiracies to commit violence—and the cases are eliciting more than a few parallels.
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