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- to tell the truth. For example, in the United Kingdom a witness may swear ... official. An example of this is the United States income tax return ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
- Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869), was an American lawyer, politician, United States Attorney General in 1860 ...16 KB (2,329 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2024
- easy" terms for reuniting the United States following the end ... After the 1860 elections, moderate Republicans dominated the United ...11 KB (1,485 words) - 22:44, 7 December 2022
- Roger Brooke Taney (pronounced "Tawney") (March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was the twelfth United States Attorney General. He also ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 21:33, 16 April 2023
- Carolina's convention to ratify the United States Constitution. He then ... in 1792 and 1799. He ascended to the United States Senate to fill the ...12 KB (1,815 words) - 04:05, 3 August 2022
- In general, civil law based justice systems, especially in Europe ... In the United States, the "Miranda warning" is a warning ...10 KB (1,581 words) - 01:39, 15 December 2022
- health while working as an investigating attorney for the U.S. Commission ... In 1913, Eastman became investigating attorney for the U.S. Commission ...12 KB (1,773 words) - 06:32, 11 January 2024
- came to have great significance in the United States, as it presented a ... and his appointment as Solicitor General. During the next 14 years ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 20:02, 24 November 2022
- led to a crucial role in moving the United States forward as a world ... Dewey served as a prosecutor and District Attorney in New York City for many ...21 KB (3,285 words) - 21:07, 30 April 2023
- was the twenty-third president of the United States. Serving one term ... the dramatic geographical expansion of the United States. The large western ...14 KB (2,048 words) - 09:55, 28 September 2023
- It is celebrated during March in the United States, the United Kingdom ... week (1980) and then month (1987) in the United States, and finally spreading ...18 KB (2,541 words) - 23:27, 17 May 2023
- posts in the government of the Confederate States of America. He was the first ... of the first Reform congregation in the United States, the "Reformed ...16 KB (2,409 words) - 06:37, 28 February 2023
- in his first term. Another, a U.S. Attorney General, Senator, and Presidential ... then Senator, was elected President of the United States in 1960, and was assassinated ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:16, 16 December 2022
- political family of Ohio, was a Republican United States Senator and as a prominent ... Taft was the grandson of Attorney General and Secretary of War Alphonso ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 02:17, 16 December 2022
- the jury pool. Massachusetts Solicitor General Samuel Quincy and private ... tried: for hazarding a Popularity very general and very hardly earned: ...9 KB (1,444 words) - 19:51, 20 November 2023
- are kept in the same building as the general library, but many are either ... other libraries, including a full set of United States Reports, one or both ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 06:56, 4 March 2023
- 8, 1869) was the 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 ... Mexican-American War, becoming a Brigadier General. His private law practice ...19 KB (2,905 words) - 05:14, 9 April 2024
- turn won the necessary support among the states to secure ratification. Following ... of English descent, Henry trained as an attorney. Noted for his fiery oratorical ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 16:44, 21 November 2022
- :This article is about the publisher and soldier. For the United States ... of Los Angeles and California in general. Under his influence, Los ...10 KB (1,489 words) - 20:43, 29 January 2022
- 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998), was United States politician who was ... 20th Air Force Division. He served under General Curtis LeMay. LeMay later ...23 KB (3,280 words) - 07:33, 15 May 2024
- known as the Taft-Hartley Act, is a United States federal law that greatly ... Taft-Hartley Act also gave the United States Attorney General the power to ...12 KB (1,867 words) - 02:51, 27 February 2023
- governor. The governor and Illinois state Attorney General Philip Lutz eventually ... Once out of prison, he continued to rob banks. The United States Department ...13 KB (2,104 words) - 18:51, 5 April 2024
- controversial American politician, Union general in the American Civil War ... in history as the first man in the United States to escape a charge ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 18:15, 24 January 2024
- July 16, 1882) was the First Lady of the United States when her husband, ... Jackson. Abraham had become a successful attorney and politician. In 1846 ...10 KB (1,571 words) - 16:14, 7 November 2022
- The Supreme Court of the United States (or the United States Supreme ... The Supreme Court is the only court established by the United States ...40 KB (6,036 words) - 23:51, 26 February 2023
- on Christian grounds. His father was a general in the Liberian army and ... revenue, and in 1917 was appointed county attorney. He was a member of the ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 20:43, 13 May 2023
- General Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987 ... City as a youth and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1922. ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 01:07, 9 November 2022
- Acts are two Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed in 1911 and ... reduce the maximum permitted time between general elections from seven years ...24 KB (3,606 words) - 20:48, 26 March 2024
- courageous, landmark effort within the United States, that advanced the ... public accommodations, and to enable the U.S. Attorney General to sue ...16 KB (2,379 words) - 06:13, 14 January 2023
- in an effort to remove them from the United States. Beginning in the ... Webster met in Washington, D.C. with United States representative and ...11 KB (1,715 words) - 03:32, 24 July 2023
- the social work education movement in the United States. Breckinridge was ... (1760-1806) was a Senator of Kentucky and Attorney General under Thomas Jefferson. ...11 KB (1,518 words) - 19:20, 14 February 2023
- politician, and the ninth President of the United States (1841). He served ... in 1980 at the age of 69. He was the first United States president to die while ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 10:57, 9 May 2023
- Grand juries are today virtually unknown outside the United States ... jury, under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 12:16, 24 January 2023
- largest surviving circus company in the United States. The Circus World ... quickly, touring cities across the United States each summer, but Baraboo ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 22:24, 10 December 2023
- who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the Philippines, and ... In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him U.S. Attorney ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- Harry S. Truman, the 1934 candidate for United States Senate, and Guy Brasfield ... was elected after U.S. District Attorney Maurice Milligan, who had ...8 KB (1,233 words) - 22:46, 30 April 2023
- legal scholar who served as the Solicitor General of the United States from ... title=United States Attorney General{{small|Acting|years=1973}} ...35 KB (4,931 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- was the eighth president of the United States. He was a key organizer ... at 14 with an apprenticeship to a local attorney, William Peter van Ness ...22 KB (3,321 words) - 15:53, 7 November 2022
- of the most famous trade secrets in the United States, for example, are ... protects confidential information. In the United States, under the Uniform ...18 KB (2,736 words) - 04:53, 1 May 2023
- Independence Hall is a United States national landmark located in ... signed here during the formation of the United States of America. ...16 KB (2,360 words) - 12:50, 4 March 2024
- November 18, 1886) was a politician of the United States who served as the ... the presidency under Article Two of the United States Constitution the president ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- in planning for the formation of the United Nations. He served one term ... named for, had been vice president of the United States. His father, Lewis ...19 KB (2,784 words) - 06:00, 15 June 2023
- and was appointed by his brother as Attorney General for his administration ... about civil rights before I became Attorney General, but my fundamental ...28 KB (4,414 words) - 21:27, 16 April 2023
- was the thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States serving under President ... emigrated from Gargalianoi, Greece, to the United States in 1897, and owned ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 15:44, 27 April 2023
- 18, 1862) was the tenth President of the United States. As the first vice ... S. senators for supporting the Bank of the United States. When Tyler moved ...15 KB (2,215 words) - 07:59, 3 August 2022
- of checks and balances enshrined in the United States Constitution. Coke ... later, he was appointed England's Attorney General, a prestigious post ...10 KB (1,545 words) - 18:22, 12 February 2024
- 14, 1901) was the 25th President of the United States. McKinley was one ... gain control of Cuba. After the war, the United States annexed the Philippines ...21 KB (3,197 words) - 10:35, 11 May 2023
- From the earliest beginnings of the United States, military commanders ... Canadian armed forces. For members of the United States they are covered by ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 08:45, 10 January 2024
- 1874) was the thirteenth president of the United States, serving from 1850 ... While Fillmore is considered by many as one of the lesser United States ...15 KB (2,217 words) - 17:59, 9 November 2022
- 1886) was the Democratic candidate for the United States presidency in the ... candidate of the anti-slavery faction for Attorney General of New York State. ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 20:20, 1 December 2023
- law professor, and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ... of Burgesses in 1746, and was appointed Attorney General by the Royal Governor ...9 KB (1,318 words) - 22:41, 24 November 2022
- project were released, which supported the general allegations of espionage ... powers. Both sides employed espionage. The United States used U-2 spy planes ...29 KB (4,418 words) - 21:16, 4 October 2022
- | order=19th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1877 ... leader, and the 19th President of the United States (1877 – 1881). He ...15 KB (2,246 words) - 18:25, 22 December 2022
- leader and the twelfth president of the United States. Taylor had a 40-year ... received a brevet promotion to brigadier general in January 1838. It was ...16 KB (2,480 words) - 10:32, 7 June 2023
- soldier from Virginia and a Confederate States Army general during the American ... Archibald Stuart, was a politician and attorney, and represented Patrick ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 04:28, 31 July 2022
- was the twenty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1921 ... governor in 1910 but won election to the United States Senate in 1914. He ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- between branches of government and between states and the federal government; ... territories. The great issues of slavery, states rights, and regional distribution ...23 KB (3,536 words) - 15:21, 25 January 2023
- observed three years later. At first, some states resisted observing the holiday ... to ending legal segregation in the United States and empowering the ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 08:36, 10 March 2023
- During World War I, Hammett enlisted in the United States Army and ... In 1942, after Pearl Harbor, Hammett enlisted in the United States ...19 KB (2,838 words) - 22:25, 25 January 2024
- India and Pakistan in 1991. The treaty states that no military aircraft ... is put at >$35 million.) India's attorney general, Soli Sorabjee, ...17 KB (2,490 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- and saw the territorial expansion of the United States. Similarity between ... colonial government. However, while the United States revolutionaries had ...12 KB (1,919 words) - 05:40, 27 February 2023
- harmless, and profitable. While society in general and lawmakers in particular ... viewing of sexually explicit materials in general was a Victorian construct. ...30 KB (4,376 words) - 05:39, 30 November 2022
- but controversial director of the United States Federal Bureau of ... and the Vietnam War. During this time, the United States moved from a rural ...27 KB (3,966 words) - 08:14, 13 March 2024
- time, his parallel career as a corporate attorney earned him a fortune. He ... Returning to the United States, he earned a fortune in corporate law ...9 KB (1,434 words) - 05:44, 9 January 2023
- reforms in automotive manufacturing in the United States. Nader's publication ... the local and global influence of the United States fast food industry ...11 KB (1,585 words) - 17:31, 11 May 2020
- was a self taught lawyer, governor, Union general in the American Civil War ... law and served two terms as prosecuting attorney of Covington, Indiana. In ...15 KB (2,378 words) - 11:00, 7 March 2023
- colony to be granted independence by the United Kingdom. His championship ... peers and in 1847, was appointed Receiver General in William Henry Draper ...20 KB (2,893 words) - 22:57, 23 April 2023
- part of the Southern region of the United States of America. It is ... American Revolution, helping to form the United States of America. ...41 KB (5,879 words) - 20:35, 3 May 2023
- of state, and fifth president of the United States. He was the last chief ... a policy that served both to protect the United States from European interference ...18 KB (2,572 words) - 16:07, 8 February 2023
- committed against the public, society in general. In this sense, criminal ... the offender from criminal behavior. General deterrence aims at society ...32 KB (5,141 words) - 06:24, 11 January 2024
- Braxton Bragg (March 22, 1817 – September 27, 1876) was a career ... the younger brother of future Confederate Attorney General Thomas Bragg. He ...18 KB (2,826 words) - 13:25, 11 February 2022
- is the most densely populated area in the United States. The Island of Manhattan ... It is also home to the headquarters of the United Nations and the seat of city ...28 KB (4,296 words) - 11:05, 9 March 2023
- | location = New York, New York, United States | origins = ... The committee, headed by California attorney H. Rowan Gaither, recommended ...17 KB (2,437 words) - 06:20, 1 April 2024
- to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Marshall was a man ... to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States marked the beginning ...24 KB (3,985 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- elected Prime Minister at the Australian general election, 1949 elections ... Menzies entered federal politics in 1934, representing the United ...23 KB (3,472 words) - 01:43, 16 December 2022
- Civilian Defense during the run-up to the United States joining the Second ... in the Episcopalian Church in the United States of America. His middle ...15 KB (2,248 words) - 19:50, 26 March 2024
- Watergate is a general term for a series of political scandals, which ... Gun. After a series of court battles, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ...17 KB (2,600 words) - 14:08, 31 May 2022
- 483 (1954), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which ... For much of the 90 years preceding 1954, race relations in the United ...25 KB (3,783 words) - 04:40, 22 November 2023
- - December 18, 2008) was an agent of the United States Federal Bureau of ... quot;Peasant" had made his way to the United States, and were fed disinformation ...34 KB (5,368 words) - 10:34, 11 May 2023
- proposed by Carl Schurz, a German-born Union Army general: ... was not restricted to western democratic states. Examples of deep state ...29 KB (4,345 words) - 08:37, 15 January 2023
- middle of San Francisco Bay in California, United States. ... the island for $5,000 in the name of the United States government. ...23 KB (3,451 words) - 05:05, 17 June 2023
- as the only president of the Confederate States of America, leading the rebelling ... Davis's grandfather immigrated to the United States from Wales and had ...22 KB (3,305 words) - 04:35, 31 July 2022
- 1875) was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding ... Johnson was a United States Senator from Tennessee at the time of ...20 KB (2,946 words) - 17:51, 27 July 2023
- on March 13, 1925, by the Tennessee General Assembly. The Butler Act stated: ... that he would act as Scopes' attorney—whether Scopes liked it ...29 KB (4,801 words) - 17:27, 25 January 2023
- from the laws of the northeastern states colonized by settlers with ... have to reason extensively on the basis of general rules and principles of ...15 KB (2,321 words) - 22:28, 10 December 2023
- 1836) was the third Vice-President of the United States (1801–1805) and ... 1798–1801), as New York State Attorney General (1789–1791), United ...38 KB (5,858 words) - 07:13, 13 June 2023
- congressman, and sixth president of the United States. The son of the revolutionary ... unable to gain its approval through the United States Congress. After his ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 03:49, 3 May 2024
- War hero and third vice president of the United States, emerged as the center ... Roosevelt, Jr. in the 1954 race for state attorney general. ...12 KB (1,699 words) - 03:59, 27 February 2023
- to have been the governor of two different states, Tennessee and Texas (although ... in Lebanon, Tennessee. He was made attorney general of the Nashville ...18 KB (2,765 words) - 01:57, 23 December 2022
- with Oliver Lee and Lee's corrupt attorney Albert Fall, always finding ... he killed Billy the Kid and Garrett's general demeanor had led to his ...17 KB (2,723 words) - 09:03, 18 November 2022
- Carpetbaggers in the United States were Northerners who moved to the ... South where secession by the Confederates states had failed. Many schoolteachers ...18 KB (2,758 words) - 00:57, 13 January 2023
- The General Electric Company, or GE ( GE ), is a multinational American ... as a merger of Thomas Edison’s Edison General Electric Company and Thomson ...27 KB (3,816 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- 1933) was the thirtieth President of the United States. Famed for his taciturn ... Many later criticized Coolidge as part of a general criticism of laissez ...18 KB (2,751 words) - 18:37, 25 November 2023
- Jefferson, and fourth president of the United States. Sometimes called ... himself from Jeffersonian principles of states rights over federal authority ...20 KB (2,961 words) - 00:56, 7 November 2023
- power. Marshall was Chief Justice of the United States, serving from February ... between the federal government and the states during the early years of ...23 KB (3,437 words) - 06:32, 3 August 2022
- 1868) was the fifteenth president of the United States (1857–1861). He ... against James H. Peck, judge of the United States District Court for ...17 KB (2,451 words) - 21:06, 20 March 2024
- , is a landmark case in United States law and the basis for the exercise ... recently appointed Chief Justice of the United States, continued as the ...23 KB (3,669 words) - 03:04, 6 November 2022
- guilty of the original crime. Thus, in the United States, someone who is guilty ... In the United States, the pardon power for Federal crimes is granted ...35 KB (5,395 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- as the national bird and symbol of the United States. Its range includes ... The species was on the brink of extirpation in the continental United ...30 KB (4,424 words) - 04:17, 11 January 2023
- had indeed occurred, but that the United States did not trade arms ... Many investigations ensued, including by the United States Congress ...39 KB (5,798 words) - 12:59, 6 March 2024
