On March 12, 1959, Congress approved Hawaii for admission to the union as the 50th state, marking the last time statehood was…
On February 2, 1848 the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in Mexico without President James K. Polk’s knowledge. The United…
On March 10, 1848, the Senate approved a treaty that led to California and much of the Southwest joining the United States. But…
Are we becoming a nation of vigilantes? A recent opinion article by two legal scholars suggested the answer is yes.
On March 29, 1875, in the case of Minor v. Happersett, the Supreme Court rejected to claim of Virginia Minor that under the 14th…
Hawaii joined the Union on this day in 1959, an act that remains historically significant but not without controversy.
On this day in 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward signed a deal acquiring Alaska, an agreement that was…
In an act of “judicial jujitsu,” the Supreme Court issued its decision in Marbury v. Madison on February 24, 1803,…
On Tuesday, California’s secretary of state announced that enough petition signatures were certified to place an initiative on…
At least three elected officials in Pennsylvania have mentioned the topic of impeaching and removing five state supreme court…
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