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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.…

Bart T. STUPAK, Congress, MI (1952)

STUPAK, Bart T., a Representative from Michigan; born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., February 29, 1952; graduated from Gladstone High School, Gladstone, Mich., 1970; A.A., Northwestern…

Patrick Joseph SULLIVAN, Congress, PA (1877-1946)

SULLIVAN, Patrick Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., October 12, 1877; attended public and parochial schools; employed in the Homestead Axle…

The Supreme Court: Forcing Drug Tests

Forcing Drug TestsThe Supreme CourtControlling Our BodiesLimiting Abortion RightsDenying the Right to DieUsing MarijuanaForcing Drug Tests Another stage of the war on drugs placed pregnant…

Thomas Jefferson BARR, Congress, NY (1812-1881)

BARR, Thomas Jefferson, a Representative from New York; born in New York City in 1812; attended the public schools; moved to Scotch Plains, N.J., in 1835 and conducted a roadhouse; returned to…

George Peter FOSTER, Congress, IL (1858-1928)

FOSTER, George Peter, a Representative from Illinois; born in Dover, Morris County, N.J., April 3, 1858; moved to Chicago in 1867; attended the public schools and the University of Chicago;…

Ferguson

(Encyclopedia) Ferguson, city (2020 pop. 20,359), St. Louis co., E Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1894. It is primarily residential. In Aug. 2014,…