Law | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/law/RSS feed for LawenThu, 24 Jul 2025 16:05:00 +0000Los Angeles' 1936 'Bum Blockade' Targeted American Migrants Fleeing Poverty and Drought During the Great Depressionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/los-angeles-1936-bum-blockade-targeted-american-migrants-fleeing-poverty-and-drought-during-the-great-depression-180987022/The two-month patrol stopped supposedly "suspicious" individuals from crossing into California from other states. But its execution was uneven, and the initiative proved controversialThu, 24 Jul 2025 16:05:00 +0000How Women in New Jersey Gained—and Lost—the Right to Vote More Than a Century Before the 19th Amendment Granted Suffrage Nationwidehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-women-in-new-jersey-gained-and-lostthe-right-to-vote-more-than-a-century-before-the-19th-amendment-granted-suffrage-nationwide-180986930/Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A 1790 law explicitly allowed female suffrage, but this privilege was revoked in 1807Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:03:49 +0000Bear-Sized Giant Beavers Once Roamed North America, and They're Now the Official State Fossil of Minnesotahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bear-sized-giant-beaver-once-roamed-north-america-and-theyre-now-the-official-state-fossil-of-minnesota-180986937/The large, extinct creatures roamed the Twin Cities area more than 10,000 years ago and could grow to more than 200 poundsMon, 07 Jul 2025 19:51:00 +0000Texas Will Invest $50 Million in Ibogaine Research, Testing the Psychedelic Drug's Medical Potentialhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/texas-will-invest-50-million-in-ibogaine-research-testing-the-psychedelic-drugs-medical-potential-180986829/The state's new law marks one of the largest government investments into psychedelics to date, with advocates citing the drug's potential to help veterans with traumatic brain injury and PTSDWed, 18 Jun 2025 18:12:22 +0000The World’s 'Most Trafficked Mammal' Might Soon Be Protected by the U.S. Endangered Species Acthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-most-trafficked-mammal-might-soon-be-protected-on-the-us-endangered-species-act-180986832/The Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing seven species of pangolin, often poached for their scales and meat, as endangeredTue, 17 Jun 2025 20:34:39 +0000Meet the Defiant Loyalists Who Paid Dearly for Choosing the Wrong Side in the American Revolutionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-the-defiant-loyalists-who-paid-dearly-for-choosing-the-wrong-side-in-the-american-revolution-180986716/American colonists who aligned with the British lost their lands, their reputations and sometimes even their livesWed, 04 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000