Travel to and live in free territory for a time, then ultimately they move back to Slave State missouri. All right. When white men died, the african american man who had been enslaved to him, he tried to buy his own freedom from the dead mans family, from the dead mens widow. The family refused to allow him to buy his freedom. The enslaved man then decided that he would sue for his freedom, he would turn to the courts, and the basis for him suing for his freedom was that time in the free territory of risk consonant the free state of illinois. If an enslaved person was moved into free territory, into a free state, they are freed from enslavement. That is something that cannot be reversed, even if you go back to missouri. Once free, always free. So, he sued on that basis in 1846. It took forever, but finally, 13 years later, in 1859, the case was the subject of a ruling in the United States Supreme Court. It was a decision that hands down, no argument, is considered to this day to be the
in government spending requests on unusual pet projects. you d have to see it to believe it. if your money, we thought you should know. free beer, free pot, money, gift cards. it s what you might get from the government if you get vaccinated. but how willow are those of incentives actually working? where do they stand tonight and the effort to ban so-called woke curriculum. we start tonight with the president in louisiana today pitching has an arm a spending plan. white house correspondent kevin corke also tracking how some in biden s old party are worried that it could cause democrats at the ballot box next november pretty good evening, kevin. good evening, shannon. it is one area where liberals and conservatives actually agree. and they cringe and they shake their heads in disgust. we are talking about the issue of earmarks. and that is when members of congress make funding requests and usually target projects are concerns that they have in their respective communities. i
believe strange things. plus as donald trump tries to sneak back onto twitter, did federal regulators just put an end to his latest financial swindle? and senator sherrod brown on the biden agenda and the faux populism as republican colleagues in the senate when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. new york congresswoman elise stefanik is now poised to take the number three position in the republican house leadership. she s actively campaigning against the current house republican conference chair liz cheney, and she already got the endorsement of donald trump. and you have to give stefanik some credit in the same way you have to give trump credit, which is this. she understands what the republican party is and what its base wants. she understands the trajectory of conservatism. she got onboard with it early. a few months ago after the election, i wrote this piece in the atlantic, saying the republican party seemed to be moderating o
deputies. we ll continue to apply pressure. good evening to you, i am pamela brown, you are live on this sunday, in t the cnn newsroom. good to have you on sunday night. senator mit romney barely avoided the convention after he was showered with boos. this morning how susan collins responded. i was appalled. mit romney serves our state well. we are not we are not a party of one person. congresswoman liz cheney is also facing the wrath of the trump s wing. she s the number three republican in the house but after criticizing trump, supporting the commission into the insurrection and fist bumping president biden and his joint address, she may be stripped of her leadership role. the trump takeover delivering some harsh words of the party s direction. you know to me that basic aly says we want to be extinct. if the republican party stands for exclusivity let s bring in ashley allison along with our former communication director ted ted cruz, amanda carpenter. grea
people in connection with january 6th, including the man who boasted about storming the capitol on a dating app. plus with these actions the administration of johnson & johnson s covid-19 vaccine can resume immediately. the johnson & johnson vaccine cleared by the fda and cdc as senator ron johnson campaigns on a pro-covid platform. the science tells us that vaccines are 95% effective. so if you have a vaccine, quite honestly, what do you care if your neighbor has one or not? all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. like so many republican-controlled states, the state of arizona, which, of course, narrowly flipped for democrats at the presidential and senate level, has seen a republican push for voter restrictions in that state. yesterday that push to restrict access to the ballot box ran into an unexpected road block. after republicans introduced a restrictive voting bill like ones we have seen in dozens of other states, one r