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The Northwest Ordinance
Because the Articles of Confederation, adopted by the states in 1781 as the country's first constitution, have often been considered a failure, it is all too easy to overlook the significant…arrest
(Encyclopedia) arrest, in law, seizure and detention of a person, either to bring him before a court body or official, or to otherwise secure the administration of the law. A person may be arrested…The Devil's Dictionary: Habit
by Ambrose Bierce HABEAS CORPUSHADESHABIT -n. A shackle for the free.Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2003–2004 Term
Court Upholds Campaign Finance Laws (December 10, 2003): Court, 5–4, upholds major aspects of the 2001 law intended to thwart corruption—or the appearance of such—in political elections. In…Women's Suffrage: Two Amendments and Many Women
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Politics After the WarThe Woman's Hour that Never CameTwo Amendments and Many WomenAt the annual woman suffrage convention of 1872, Miss…Brutus IX
Brutus IX17 January 1788by BrutusSee also Federalist No. 24The design of civil government is to protect the rights and promote the happiness of the people.For this end, rulers are invested…The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 84
by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 83Federalist No. 85Federalist No. 84 Certain General and Miscellaneous Objections to the Constitution Considered and Answered…Federalist No. 84
No 84 No 86 Certain General and Miscellaneous Objections to the Constitution Considered and Answered From McLEAN's Edition, New York. Hamilton To the People of the…Brutus II
Brutus II1 November 1787by BrutusTo the Citizens of the State of New-York.I flatter myself that my last address established this position, that to reduce the Thirteen States into one…liberty, in political science
(Encyclopedia) liberty, term used to describe various types of individual freedom, such as religious liberty, political liberty, freedom of speech, right of self-defense, and others. It is also used…Trending
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