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Maltz, Earl M. 2002. “The Fourteenth Amendment and Native American Citizenship. ... Mathis, Doyle. 1967. “Chisholm v. Georgia: Background and Settlement.” Journal of American History 54: 19–29. Matthews, Richard K. 1995.
Green (1946), the Supreme Court refused to accept a challenge brought under the guarantee clause of the Constitution and overturn an Illinois ... Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirk- sen led a personal crusade to overturn Reynolds v.
( b ) Is the application of the Cleburne city ordinance rational and legal ? Decision- ( a ) No ; ( b ) No. Reasons J. White ( 6–3 on [ a ] ; 9-0 on [ b ] ) . White outlined three levels of review under the equal protection clause of ...
David Schultz, John R. Vile. A group of polygamists in the Utah ... Increasingly punitive antipolygamy laws followed, such as the Poland Act of 1874, the Edmunds Act of 1882, and the Edmunds-Tucker Act of 1887. Many church 726 Polygamy ...
Melville Weston Fuller David Josiah Brewer Henry Billings Brown George Shiras Jr. Howell Edmunds Jackson Edward Douglass White Rufus Wheeler Peckham Joseph McKenna Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. William Rufus Day William Henry Moody Horace ...
... Nathan Clifford Noah Haynes Swayne Samuel Freeman Miller David Davis Stephan Johnson Field Salmon Portland Chase William ... Harrison George Shiras , Jr. Howell Edmunds Jackson Edward Douglass White 266 U.S. Supreme Court Justices.
Sharron Frontiero was a first lieutenant in the United States Air Force. Her husband was attending college on the GI bill (the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, which Congress passed to give returning World War II veterans benefits ...
After reviewing the use of flags and standards throughout history, Ostrander used religious terminology to explain how the flag was a symbol of something much larger than itself: Men seal their devotion to an idea, a principle, ...
This reference work serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding all aspects of the national anthem and its significance in U.S. history and American life and culture.
Presents biographies of one hundred influential judges from both state and federal courts, including Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Constance Baker Motley, and William Rehnquist.
McLaughlin, Andrew C. 1918. ... Although he had many differences with Hamilton, John Adams, the second president of the United States, did identify himself as a Federalist, and the party continued to run candidates through the second ...
McLaughlin, Andrew C. 1897. “James Wilson in the Philadelphia Convention.” Political Science Quarterly 12 (March): 1—20. —. 1905. ... Chicago: Adams Press. O'Connor, S. 1979. William Paterson: Lawyer and Statesman, 1745—1806.
This book is the most comprehensive review of all the major proposals to rewrite, revise, or even replace the U.S. Constitution, covering more than 170 proposals from the nation's beginnings to the present day.
Offers insight into the issues and virtues that shaped the Constitution's framers, and situates the development of the document in its historical context while summarizing the debates on each issue that occurred at the Constitutional ...
A short question and answer format illustrates basic facts and principles of the United States Constitution, its amendments, and its history.
Indispensable, thorough, and easy to use, Vile's single-volume commentary covers constitutional development from the Founding Fathers to President Clinton's Impeachment Trial.
Names for the Liberty Bell The bell that is displayed in a visitor's center outside Independence Hall, which used to be known as the State House, is almost universally referred to as the Liberty Bell. This was not always the case.
Not surprisingly, after Tet the JCS again called for increased bombing campaigns in North Vietnam and again recommended that Johnson call up reservists. On February 12, General Westmoreland asked Johnson for 35,000 more troops.
John A. Garraty, ed., Quarrels That Have ShaPed the Constitution, rev. ed. (New York: Harper 87 Row, 1987). Leslie G. Goldstein, In Defense of the Text: Democracy and Constitutional Theory (Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ...