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Article II

Section 1[The president; the executive power.—1.] The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and,…

The Supreme Court: Focusing on Personal Rights

Focusing on Personal RightsThe Supreme CourtWarren CourtA Court DividedDesegregating SchoolsMandating Criminal RightsFocusing on Personal RightsLeaving the Court I've given you an overview…

Shiller, Robert James

(Encyclopedia) Shiller, Robert James, 1946–, American economist, b. Detroit, grad. Univ. of Michigan (B.A., 1967), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.M., 1968; Ph.D., 1972). A professor at Yale…

Chautauqua movement

(Encyclopedia) Chautauqua movement, development in adult education somewhat similar to the lyceum movement. It derived from an institution at Chautauqua, N.Y. There, in 1873, John Heyl Vincent and…

Fortas, Abe

(Encyclopedia) Fortas, AbeFortas, Abefôrˈtəs [key], 1910–82, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1965–69), b. Memphis, Tenn. After receiving his law degree from Yale in 1933, he taught there…

writ

(Encyclopedia) writ, in law, written order issued in the name of the sovereign or the state in connection with a judicial or an administrative proceeding. Usually the writ requires the person to whom…

Childhood Diseases: Deadly Diphtheria

Deadly DiphtheriaChildhood DiseasesIntroductionThe Polio PanicChickenpoxEar AchesMeasly MeaslesMumpsRubellaDeadly DiphtheriaPertussis, or Whooping CoughTerrifying TetanusThe Importance of Childhood…

You Have the Right

In most cases, before making an arrest a police officer must read this list of rights to the suspect. It is called the Miranda warning because of the 1966 Supreme Court decision, Miranda v.…

Stephanie Tubbs JONES, Congress, OH (1949-2008)

JONES, Stephanie Tubbs, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 10, 1949; graduated from Collinwood High School, Cleveland, Ohio; B.A., Case Western…

Dennis KUCINICH, Congress, OH (1946)

KUCINICH, Dennis, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 8, 1946; graduated from St. John Cantius, Cleveland, Ohio, 1964; B.A., Case Western Reserve…