Legal News for Mon 8/18 - SCOTUS Ed. Dept. Showdown, Jackson Hole Up in the Air, Wegovy for Liver Disease and Norton Rose's Tech Disaster
This Day in Legal History: Nineteenth Amendment Ratified
On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women the right to vote and marking a major legal milestone in the struggle for gender equality. The amendment states simply: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged… on account of sex.” Its passage capped off more than 70 years of organized activism, dating back to the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. Suffragists like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Alice Paul played…
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