On this day in 1793, young inventor Eli Whitney had his U.S. patent for the cotton gin approved, an invention that would…
It was on this day in 1789 that the federal government started to operate under the terms of the U.S. Constitution, as the…
On this day in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson learned of a shocking piece of paper that made America’s entry into World War I…
On this day in 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued his most-controversial executive order, an act that sent more than…
On February 5, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt shocked America by introducing a plan to expand the Supreme Court, to gain…
On February 2, 1848 the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in Mexico without President James K. Polk’s knowledge. The United…
When the U.S. Supreme Court term began last fall, the docket contained a number of major cases but had little of the potential…
In one of the biggest cases of the current term, the Supreme Court’s calendar for January 2024 features arguments about the…
On Dec. 19, 2023, the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will lie in repose at the Supreme Court upon the Lincoln catafalque. The…
On December 12, 2000, the Supreme Court ended a Florida vote recount in the presidential election contest between George W. Bush…
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