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Showing posts with label Constitution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Constitution. Show all posts
Friday, October 06, 2023

Few Americans know much about the First Amendment; survey shows only 3% can name all 5 protections

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In 2006, 22% of polled Americans could name all 5 Simpsons family members. (Image via NCC) Americans' understanding of the First Amendme...
Wednesday, October 04, 2023

Feinstein's death raises the question of how vacant Senate seats are filled. The answer depends on where you live.

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Dianne Feinstein in 1950 (Photo by Underwood Archives, Getty Images via Conversation) The death of California's longtime senator, Diann...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Tennessee sues federal government over refugee resettlement, citing 10th Amendment

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Tennessee is the nation's first state "to sue the federal government over refugee resettlement on the grounds of the 10th Amendmen...
Monday, May 23, 2016

Cops call growing movement of rural, white, armed citizens who distrust government 'Vanilla ISIS'

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A growing movement of "largely white and rural" residents are taking up arms to defend themselves against a government they dis...
Friday, July 12, 2013

Supreme Court ruling on wetlands and property taking is 'a legal blow to sustainable development'

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Rules that a Florida water management district "used to protect wetlands from development interfered with a Central Florida landow...
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Monday, March 18, 2013

50 years after right established, not all defendants get lawyer, and they're scanter in rural areas

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Fifty years ago today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, as part of Gideon vs. Wainwright , that everyone accused of a serious crime has a con...
Thursday, September 09, 2010

Nonpartisan group provides lesson plans for Constitution Day

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Friday Sept. 17 is Constitution Day, and free teaching materials are available for educators across the country looking to plan lessons arou...
Monday, September 17, 2007

Most students don't know today is Constitution Day, study reveals

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According to a study sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, a majority of high school students do not know about Constitu...