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- General. He also was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864, and was the first Roman Catholic ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 21:33, 16 April 2023
- referred to as Joe Brown, was a Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, ... and eventually Georgia state Supreme Court justice. While his public life mirrored ...6 KB (819 words) - 21:23, 6 May 2024
- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, ... The use of the Commerce Clause by Congress to justify its legislative ...17 KB (2,543 words) - 00:09, 8 January 2024
- writings on British common law served as the definitive legal texts for ... Coke's works served not only as the definitive legal texts of ...10 KB (1,545 words) - 18:22, 12 February 2024
- 1957), older sister to Grace Abbott, both of Grand Island, Nebraska, began ... Edith Abbott was born into a family that believed in the ideals of ...7 KB (1,082 words) - 18:12, 12 February 2024
- Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark United States ... The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1, with the majority ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 08:04, 24 November 2022
- === Second Chief Justice of the United States === [[Image:John Rutledge ... In 1795, the Chief Justice of the United States, John Jay, was elected ...23 KB (3,551 words) - 18:20, 29 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
- is a well-known American jurist and a justice on the United States Supreme ... The decisions of past jurists and legislators may or may not have ...12 KB (1,848 words) - 09:56, 28 September 2023
- She is known for her work to improve the living and working conditions ... In 1886, she joined the Women's Educational and Industrial Union ...8 KB (1,107 words) - 16:13, 7 November 2022
- The Radical Republicans were members of the Republican Party who were ... The Radical Republicans took a hard line against the Confederacy early ...11 KB (1,485 words) - 22:44, 7 December 2022
- | title=Chief Justice of the United States | term_start=February 4, 1801 ... of power. Marshall was Chief Justice of the United States, serving from ...23 KB (3,437 words) - 06:32, 3 August 2022
- Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements ... Perjury is the giving of false testimony under oath. The word comes ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
- William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield PC (March 2, 1705 – March ... that slavery was immoral. This is an example of how a slavish adherence to ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 20:02, 24 November 2022
- The Bill of Rights 1689 is an English Act of Parliament with the full ... The Bill of Rights 1689 is largely a statement of certain positive ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- A grand jury is a type of jury, in the common law legal system, part ... As a body of qualified individuals who hear complaints of an offense ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 12:16, 24 January 2023
- lawyer who played a role in dismantling the Jim Crow laws and outlawing ... in Washington, D.C., just blocks away from the Supreme Court building. His ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 19:09, 4 December 2023
- Supreme Court as the first Chief Justice of the United States from 1789 to ... nominated Jay as the first Chief Justice of the United States. Serving from ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 22:16, 31 October 2023
- , is a landmark case in United States law and the basis for the exercise ... though recently appointed Chief Justice of the United States, continued ...23 KB (3,669 words) - 03:04, 6 November 2022
- The Law Library of the United States Congress was established in 1832 ... The Libray has been guided by the "belief that universal access ...19 KB (2,884 words) - 06:58, 4 March 2023
- enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois, as the leader of a legendary team ... The cost of enforcing prohibition was high, and the lack of tax revenues ...10 KB (1,445 words) - 16:13, 13 February 2024
- The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government ... Arguably the single most important piece of legislation passed by ...10 KB (1,533 words) - 06:38, 16 November 2022
- The Trail of Tears refers to the forced relocation in 1838, of the ... This was caused by the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Cherokee Trail ...16 KB (2,520 words) - 04:56, 1 May 2023
- the United States, the 10th Chief Justice of the United States, a leader of ... | title=Chief Justice of the United States | before=Edward Douglass White ...32 KB (4,775 words) - 11:00, 9 May 2023
- Constitutional law is the foundational body of law of nation states ... These foundational or basic laws of states or organizations, guided ...11 KB (1,572 words) - 16:59, 21 April 2021
- The Supreme Court of the United States (or the United States Supreme ... The court consists of nine justices: chief justice of the United States ...40 KB (6,036 words) - 23:51, 26 February 2023
- 1869), was an American lawyer, politician, United States Attorney General in ... Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, the eldest of the four children ...16 KB (2,329 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2024
- religion established by Felix Adler in 1876. The Ethical Culture Movement is ... In adhering to its social and moral imperatives, the Ethical Culture ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 04:32, 22 March 2024
- The Doctors' Trial is the unofficial name for the particular ... The Doctor's Trial was one of a series of trials held in Nuremberg ...23 KB (3,287 words) - 16:13, 11 November 2021
- 1935) was an American jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United ... and pithy opinions, and his deference to the decisions of elected legislatures ...24 KB (3,494 words) - 00:24, 18 November 2022
- December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota chief and holy man. He is notable ... Sitting Bull was born around 1831 near the Grand River in present ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 22:40, 29 January 2023
- [[Image:Old Bailey Microcosm edited.jpg|250px|thumb|A trial at the ... civil, labor, administrative, and criminal justice under its laws. In common ...21 KB (3,221 words) - 08:44, 10 January 2024
- teacher and politician. He was president of the African National Congress ... He was awarded the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the ANC ...12 KB (1,897 words) - 01:19, 11 May 2021
- 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
- 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
- social worker who specifically focused on the advancement of child welfare ... One of four children, Grace Abbott was raised in a home environment ...7 KB (998 words) - 12:14, 24 January 2023
- American Quaker poet and forceful advocate of the abolition of slavery in ... John Greenleaf Whittier was born on December 17, 1807, the second ...11 KB (1,653 words) - 05:14, 3 August 2022
- Watergate is a general term for a series of political scandals, which ... Investigations conducted by the FBI, Senate Watergate Committee, House ...17 KB (2,600 words) - 14:08, 31 May 2022
- official, and legal scholar who served as the Solicitor General of the United ... The contentious confirmation battle that led to the Senate rejecting ...35 KB (4,931 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- ) (born August 15, 1945) was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from ... During her period in office, the leader of the official opposition ...24 KB (3,377 words) - 23:03, 30 January 2023
- judges, and their law clerks in finding the legal resources necessary ... The processes of legal research vary according to the country and ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 06:56, 4 March 2023
- South American independence leader, was one of the commanders--together with ... Influenced by the ideals of the United States Declaration of Independence ...15 KB (2,196 words) - 17:13, 29 September 2023
- April 19, 1974) was a Field Marshal during the mid-1960s, and the President ... Ayub Khan was born in the village of Rehana in Haripur District to ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 14:50, 7 February 2023
- leader in colonial Virginia's House of Burgesses, delegate to the ... Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine, he was one of the most radical advocates ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 16:44, 21 November 2022
- John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the ... Coolidge was re-sworn by Chief Justice of the United States William Howard ...18 KB (2,751 words) - 18:37, 25 November 2023
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Case citation 347 U.S. 483 ... A companion case dealt with the constitutionality of segregation in ...25 KB (3,783 words) - 04:40, 22 November 2023
- for his intellectual demeanor and advocacy of liberal causes in the Democratic ... At the close of his life, Stevenson was respected by people of all ...19 KB (2,784 words) - 06:00, 15 June 2023
- 10, 1878 - June 14, 1946) was President of Guatemala from February 14 ... his post when he was forced to resign, but the regime replacing him was short ...15 KB (2,332 words) - 06:28, 6 May 2024
- The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the ... There was a second set of trials of lesser war criminals that was ...26 KB (4,019 words) - 01:19, 17 November 2022
- literary fame at age 17, after writing the poem, "Thanatopsis." ... shaped American thought and politics in the nineteenth century. He was ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 15:56, 7 May 2023
