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October 2018 Current Events: US News

Top of Page World News | Science & Technology News | Disaster News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world…

The Supreme Court: Mandating Criminal Rights

Mandating Criminal RightsThe Supreme CourtWarren CourtA Court DividedDesegregating SchoolsMandating Criminal RightsFocusing on Personal RightsLeaving the Court The next major focus for the…

The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 42

by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 41Federalist No. 43Federalist No. 42 The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered To the People of the State…

Michael Jackson, 2004 News

pop star, pleaded not guilty in January to nine felony counts—seven of allegedly engaging in lewd acts with a child under age 14 and two of giving an intoxicant to a child. After his court…

Federalist No. 42

No 41 No 43 The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered From the New York Packet.Tuesday, January 22, 1788.Madison To the People of the State of New…

Somerset, Edward Seymour, duke of

(Encyclopedia) Somerset, Edward Seymour, duke of, 1506?–1552, protector of England. He served on various military and diplomatic missions for Henry VIII and, after the marriage of his sister Jane to…

I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby

Irve Lewis "Scooter" Libby was the chief of staff and national security advisor to U.S. vice president Dick Cheney (2001-05) who was convicted in 2007 on five felony counts. Known in the media as "…

Brewer's: Misprision

Concealment, neglect of. (French, mépris.) Misprision of clerks. Mistakes in accounts arising from neglect. Misprision of felony. Neglecting to reveal a felony when known. Misprision of…

Brewer's: Felo de Se

The act of a suicide when he commits self-murder. Murder is felony, and a man who murders himself commits this felony —felo de se. “A felo-de-se, therefore, is he that deliberately puts an…