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Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States provides information on and analysis of significant Supreme Court cases. Content is organized alphabetically by case name and each entry includes a discussion of the legal and social background of the case, the…
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United States Constitution Bibliography
United States Constitution Bibliography Selected Bibliography Adler, David Gray, and Robert George, eds. The Con- stitution and the Conduct of American Foreign Pol- icy. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1996.Alley, Robert S. Without a Prayer: Religious Expres- sion in Public Schools. Amherst, Mass.: Pro-metheus Books, 1996.Alonso, Karen. Korematsu v. United States: Japa- nese-American Internment Camps.…
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United States Constitution timeline
1142 Iroquois Confederacy formed 1215 King John forced by English nobles to signthe Magna Carta at Runnymede 1620 May?ower Compact signed 1692 Salem Witch Trials 1735 Peter Zenger acquitted in a jury trial; foundnot guilty of engaging in seditious libel 1765 The British adopt the Stamp Act 1767 The British adopt the Townsend Act 1770…
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United States Constitution topics
Main index See: United States Constitution index United States Constitution Bibliography Abington Township v.Schempp abortion abstention doctrine accommodation Adams, John Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña Adderley et al. v.Florida Adkins v. Children’s Hospital af?rmative action age and the Constitution airline passenger searches Alabama v. Shelton Alden v. Maine Alito, Samuel Allen v. State Board of…
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Power of Attorney by states
Power of Attorney by states Alabama Power of Attorney Alaska Power of Attorney Arizona Power of Attorney Arkansas Power of Attorney California Power of Attorney Colorado Power of Attorney Connecticut Power of Attorney Delaware Power of Attorney District of Columbia Power of Attorney Florida Power of Attorney Georgia Power of Attorney Hawaii Power of Attorney…
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State Agency Databases Across the 50 States
State Agency Databases Across the 50 States In every US State and the District of Columbia, agencies are creating databases of useful information – information on businesses, licensed professionals, plots of land, even dates of fish stocking. Some of this content is available on search engines, but much of it is part of the invisible…
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American Legal Institute General Bibliography
The American Law Institute is one of the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. The Institute was founded in 1923 following a study conducted by a group of prominent American judges, lawyers, and teachers. They reported that the two chief defects in American…
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Insecticide
By Glen Martin, a contributing environmental writer. Colony collapse disorder (CCD), as the phenomenon is known, has plagued honeybee populations across the developed world. The syndrome is defined by the USDA as a dead colony with neither adults nor dead bee bodies, but with a live queen […]
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Education
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." — Alvin Toffler See Education links History of Education In the following treatment of this subject, the theory and early history of education is […]
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Referendum
Introduction to Referendum Referendum, practice of submitting an issue to the popular vote. The proposal or issue can itself be called a referendum. In government, the "petition referendum" originates with the voters and provides that a proposed law be put to a popular vote before it […]
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Accommodationism
Accommodationism Mark Noll and Luke E. Harlow noted (13 September 2007, “Religion and American Politics: From the Colonial Period to the Present”,. Oxford University Press. p. 82): “The accommodationist perspective emphasizes rather that the First Amendment was clearly not intended to be antireligious–indeed, as already suggested, it was drafted precisely to protect the various religious…
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Encyclopedia of the US Congress
Encyclopedia of the United States Congress Details Robert E. Dewhirst, Facts On File, Inc., New York, 2007 Content of the Encyclopedia of the United States Congress Army-mccarthy Hearings Congressional Elections: Financing Direct Election of Senators Enacting Clause Equal Rights Amendment Extension of Remarks House Un-american Activities Committee Intelligence Oversight “Lame Duck” Amendment Pay and Perquisites…