Today in History (1862) - The U.S. government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. On the same day in 1865, the Confederate Congress voted to enlist 300,000 black troops, granting them freedom with the consent of their owners. Lee surrendered a few weeks later.
Does it create problems for Yale Law Students Heide Iravani and Brittan Heller, or can it help them? After all, Heide Iravani is an accomplished graduate of UNC, while Brittan Heller has published in YLJ's Pocket Part and was on Teen Jeopardy.