Search results for "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
- (May 20, 1825 – November 5, 1921), was the first woman to be ordained ... The honor of being the first woman to be ordained as a Christian minister ...8 KB (1,157 words) - 06:47, 31 July 2023
- reformer and social activist, leader of the women's suffrage movement ... Woodlake, Kentucky and grew up at Ashland, the farm established by her great ...7 KB (1,006 words) - 04:55, 5 November 2022
- was a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ... The Supreme Court overturned Griswold's conviction and invalidated ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 05:50, 25 February 2023
- The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the ... This compromise was viewed in its day as one of the most important ...9 KB (1,362 words) - 19:18, 9 November 2022
- 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
- Prohibition In the United States (1920-1933) was the era during which ... Many social problems have been attributed to the Prohibition era. ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 23:11, 30 November 2022
- The Alien and Sedition Acts were four laws passed by the United States ... The most controversial of the four statutes was the Sedition Act, ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 18:22, 21 July 2023
- by James Madison or Alexander Hamilton, the fifty-fourth of The Federalist ... Titled, "The Apportionment of Members Among the States" ...15 KB (2,066 words) - 01:55, 26 March 2024
- 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
- A grand jury is a type of jury, in the common law legal system, part ... is prima-facie evidence for an indictment, the grand jury offers valuable ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 12:16, 24 January 2023
- 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
- George Mason IV (December 11, 1725 – October 7, 1792) was a United ... George Mason wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which detailed ...8 KB (1,220 words) - 07:53, 11 November 2022
- Federalist No. 68 is the 68th essay of The Federalist Papers, and ... Throughout its proceedings, the US Constitutional Convention of 1787 ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 17:11, 8 October 2023
- The United States Bill of Rights consists of the first 10 amendments ... The Bill of Rights also restricts Congress' power by prohibiting ...36 KB (5,472 words) - 11:52, 3 May 2023
- Federalist No. 78 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the seventy-eighth ... Titled "The Judiciary Department", Federalist No. 78 was ...16 KB (2,527 words) - 18:47, 4 October 2023
- The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States ... The U.S. Constitution is the oldest written national constitution ...45 KB (6,615 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- The term women's suffrage refers to an economic and political ... Women's suffrage is the most widely applicable aspect of the ...16 KB (2,464 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential order in 1863 that ... It was a declaration by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declaring ...16 KB (2,559 words) - 17:52, 13 February 2024
- The Three-fifths Compromise was an agreement reached during the 1787 ... In the United States Constitution, the Three-fifths Compromise is ...33 KB (4,653 words) - 16:01, 31 December 2023
- 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
- for slavery, most famous for serving as the only president of the Confederate ... Before the Civil War, Davis served in the Mississippi legislature ...22 KB (3,305 words) - 04:35, 31 July 2022
- Freedom of the press (or press freedom) is the guarantee by a government ... these examples, the First Amendment to the United States Constitution restricted ...23 KB (3,543 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- - February 23, 1915) was a mulatto slave in the United States who freed himself ... His actions as a Navy ship captain helped to bolster support for the ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 02:16, 16 December 2022
- The temperance movement attempted to greatly reduce the amount of ... Most of the biggest supporters in all countries have been women, often ...23 KB (3,290 words) - 05:37, 27 February 2023
- an organization whose primary objective is to support an issue or matter ... organization must pursue goals that benefit the community, rather than personal ...18 KB (2,646 words) - 09:59, 11 March 2023
- Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the seventeenth ... Johnson was a United States Senator from Tennessee at the time of ...20 KB (2,946 words) - 17:51, 27 July 2023
- The Partition of Ireland took place on May 3, 1921 under the Government ... The Protestant majority in the North wanted to remain within the United ...32 KB (4,882 words) - 18:46, 23 March 2023
- diplomat, and jurist, best known as the first Chief Justice of the ... Considered one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 22:16, 31 October 2023
- Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal power ... down, derived from custom or implied. In the United States and most continental ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- well-known American jurist and a justice on the United States Supreme Court ... The decisions of past jurists and legislators may or may not have ...12 KB (1,848 words) - 09:56, 28 September 2023
