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Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1999–2000 Term
Ban on Opening Police Records Upheld (Dec. 7, 1999): Justices, 7–2, approve California law barring commercial information services from access to data routinely made available to journalists…Ben Bernanke
Name at birth: Ben Shalom BernankeBen Bernanke became chairman of the Federal Reserve Board in January of 2006. As chairman, he leads a board of seven governors of the Federal Reserve System (often…State of the Union Address: Herbert Hoover (December 8, 1931)
Herbert Hoover (December 8, 1931) To the Senate and House of Representatives: It is my duty under the Constitution to transmit to the Congress information on the state of the Union and to recommend…Women's Suffrage and the Constitution: Chapter I, Reason 2
1. Keeping Pace With Other Co... Chapter I: Why the Federal Amendment? 3. Relief from Unjust Constit... 2. Equal Rights Demands It. Men of this country have been enfranchised by various…July Current Events 2023: U.S. News
Top of Page World News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News | Current Events This Week The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you…Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC (2000)
Case SummaryShrink Missouri Government, a political action committee, and Zev David Fredman, a candidate for State office, sued Missouri's Attorney General, Jeremiah J. Nixon, challenging the…The Supreme Court: Paying for Campaigns
Paying for CampaignsThe Supreme CourtElecting Our LeadersElection Machinery That WorksRemapping DistrictsPaying for CampaignsGetting the Word OutSwitching Parties Campaign financing laws can…Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
Historical BackgroundBy the mid-1850s, sectional conflict over the extension of slavery into the Western territories threatened to tear the nation apart. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854…Federalist No. 54
No 53 No 55 The Apportionment of Members Among the States From the New York Packet. Tuesday, February 12, 1788. Hamilton or Madison To the People of the State of…The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 54
by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 53Federalist No. 55Federalist No. 54 The Apportionment of Members Among the States To the People of the State of New York…Trending
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