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Kawakita v. United States. Holding dual U.S. and Japanese citizenship, Tomoya Kawakita travels to Japan before the start of World War II, and is stuck in ...
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Judge John Pickering of New Hampshire was the first federal judge to be removed from office after serving nine years on the bench. After being impeached by ...
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Prohibition against Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The better-known component of the Eighth Amendment is the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment ...
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print - print all. Section 1. Section 1 - The Text [hide] ... The first section creates the U.S. Supreme Court as the federal system’s highest court. ... arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, ...
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December 7, 1787. Delaware is first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. December 12, 1787. Pennsylvania ratifies the Constitution ...
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Truth Is A Defense Against Libel Charge. New York printer John Peter Zenger is tried on charges of seditious libel for publishing criticism of the royal ...
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Grand Jury Protection: The Fifth Amendment requirement that serious federal criminal charges be started by a grand jury (a group of citizens who hear ...
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Delegates at the Constitutional Convention sign a final draft of the Constitution and send it on to Congress and the states, hoping for the nine state ...
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Freedom of Religion: The First Amendment's free exercise clause allows a person to hold whatever religious beliefs he or she wants, and to exercise that ...
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Grand Jury Protection: The Fifth Amendment requirement that serious federal ... sometimes referred to as the power of eminent domain, may be used for a wide ...
