Search results for "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA ... NARA has been active in digitizing their holdings to make them easily ...18 KB (2,561 words) - 01:36, 11 November 2022
- 17, 1858) was born in Virginia as a slave to the Peter Blow family. He was ... The U.S. Supreme Court decision on March 6, 1857, was historic as ...9 KB (1,416 words) - 17:39, 30 January 2024
- The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is the oldest continuing ... The WCTU perceived alcoholism as a consequence of larger social problems ...8 KB (1,107 words) - 23:22, 17 May 2023
- broadcasting executive who served as the president of Columbia Broadcasting ... Stanton was decisive and passionate in his pursuit of the development ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 05:09, 9 April 2024
- In United States law, adopted from the Magna Carta, due process (more ... , appearing in both its Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment. ...45 KB (7,039 words) - 01:13, 16 January 2023
- Dred Scott v. Sandford,John Vishneski, "What the Court Decided ... also known as the "Dred Scott Case" or "Dred Scott ...32 KB (5,035 words) - 17:39, 30 January 2024
- The term felony is a term used in common law systems for very serious ... is prescribed and which is prosecuted by the state, the sovereign, or by ...15 KB (2,199 words) - 16:11, 5 April 2017
- James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was a member of the ... unopposed for a second term in 1820. With the opposition Federalist Party ...18 KB (2,572 words) - 16:07, 8 February 2023
- James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was one of the principal ... The Constitution, as drafted, did not enumerate specific civil rights ...20 KB (2,961 words) - 00:56, 7 November 2023
- Obscenity is either the state of being lewd and indecent, or something ... not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and ...14 KB (2,133 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental ... to its citizens and the duties of the citizens to the State. Those ...44 KB (6,390 words) - 07:20, 15 April 2024
- was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision establishing that ... The decision in Roe v. Wade prompted a still-continuing national debate ...34 KB (5,154 words) - 02:29, 16 December 2022
- Since the 1949 Act became law, doubts were raised by legal scholars ... *The continued ability of the House of Lords to veto a bill to prolong ...24 KB (3,606 words) - 20:48, 26 March 2024
- The United States Electoral College is a term used to describe the 538 ... Presidential electors who meet every four years to cast the official ...55 KB (8,357 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against ... it came into force on September 3, 1981. The United States is the only ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 02:51, 8 January 2024
- The phrase separation of church and state is a common interpretation ... The role of religion in American public life remains an unresolved ...29 KB (4,563 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- fifty years of her life advocating for the social and legal equality ... Anthony's lifelong efforts were rewarded posthumously with the ...18 KB (2,853 words) - 13:58, 28 April 2023
- 12, 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a prominent United States abolitionist, journalist ... widely accepted and institutional racism and the degrading conditions of blacks ...24 KB (3,479 words) - 18:24, 17 April 2023
- A blue law, in the United States and Canada, is a type of law designed ... Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. While ...11 KB (1,685 words) - 23:53, 11 January 2023
- in Gilded Age newspapers as a leader of the American woman's suffrage ... She is probably most famous for her declaration to run for the United ...11 KB (1,729 words) - 06:00, 8 May 2020
