But after six years of civil war, it is more urgent than ever that Congress continues to stand with the people of South Sudan by calling for an end to the violence and directing U.S. diplomatic action and assistance in support of a sustainable peace. . ..…

Beyond his Congress, Conyers was Korean War and civil rights activist.. ..…

After the civil war, the Congress enacted and the States ratified the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.  ..…

But sometimes it was undertaken for the good of the country, as during Civil War, when the Republican Congress in 1863 added seat to the in part to protect the success of the effort against formidable legal challenges.. ..…

In 1964, almost 100 years after the Civil War ended, Congress enacted several “Great Society” laws – including the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act – because discrimination against our African American brothers and sisters continued. . ..…

In 1866, in the wake of the Civil War, in which all of the “Five Civilized Tribes” were involved, Congress set new reservation boundaries under post-Civil War treaties with all of the five nations. ..…

Threatening civil war if Congress proceeds with the constitutional process of impeachment and removal from office is quintessential obstruction of justice. . ..…

People may be willing to turn a blind eye when the Commander in Chief targets four women of color in congress, but invoking the ghost of the civil war is just gonna piss off everybody, for a myriad of reasons. . ... “This tweet is itself an independent basis for impeachment – a..…

Trump took to Twitter and repeated Jeffress civil war threat, and John Coates, saw Trump's tweet and responded, This tweet is independent basis for impeachment president threatening war if Congress exercises its authorized power... ... Democratic Mieke Eoyang was critical of..…

'This tweet is itself an independent basis for impeachment - a sitting president threatening civil war if Congress exercises its constitutionally authorized power,' argues Coates. . . Trump's tweeted statement seem to indicate that a sitting president is threatening civil..…

'This tweet is itself an independent basis for impeachment - a sitting president threatening civil war if Congress exercises its constitutionally authorized power,' Coates wrote on Twitter on Monday. . ... Trump recently tweeted a quote from an evangelical pastor warning of a..…

That is, the First Amendment recognizes the existence of the freedom of speech for every person, and it negates the ability and the power of Congress — after the Civil War amendments, of all governments — to infringe upon it. The First Amendment does not command..…

While the issue of slavery was, in fact, a primary concern for the South, the secessionist movement began decades before the Civil War. . ... But it’s doubtful given his involvement in the creation of the state of West Virginia during the Civil War, which provided his..…

NOTICE  This opinion is subject to Supreme Court of United States, Washington, D. C 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, order that corrections may be made before the preliminary print goes to press.. ..…

It then provides for accounting of these numbers in manner to be directed by Congress.. By counting the number of persons in each state, After Civil War, Amendment, adopted in 1868, changed slightly.  ..…

The only clear example is at the start of the Civil War. With Congress out of session and a number of states engaged in open rebellion against the United States, President Abraham Lincoln took unilateral action, including ordering a naval blockade and suspending habeas corpus..…

Since Civil War, series of constitutional amendments, acts of Congress, and Supreme Court decisions have extended the right to vote, or locality may do. ..…

The bombardment of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, started the Civil War. (Library of Congress) . . The events in Charleston’s harbor “created great enthusiasm throughout the loyal States, for the flag had come to have a new and strange significance,” Admiral George Henry..…

Davis, who died in 1889, was charged with treason after the Civil War. In 1876, Congress refused to restore Davis’s citizenship, excluding him from an amnesty bill to pardon other Confederate leaders. ..…

It argues that, s American, Hamdi enjoys the full protections of the Constitution, and that Hamdi's detention in United States without charges, access to impartial tribunal, or assistance of counsel violated and continue to violate the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to United States Constitution.. ..…

That is, the First Amendment recognizes the existence of the freedom of speech for every person, and it negates the ability and the power of Congress — after the Civil War amendments, of all governments — to infringe upon it. The First Amendment does not command..…

After the Civil War, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 as a direct attempt to override the Dred Scott decision and statutorily expand citizenship to the freed slaves. . ..…

Because of the demands upon the government to fund the Civil War, Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1862, which put taxes on boxes or packages of matches, perfumery, playing cards, documents, and then medicines. ... The first income tax was created in 1861 during the..…

With some unique and discrete exceptions, like the Civil War, Congress wrote the laws, the president enforced them, whether he agreed with them or not, and the judiciary interpreted them and assessed their compatibility to the Constitution. ..…

This is why the Congressional vote on Yemen was so encouraging to those of us who have stood by and watched President after President assume more and more authority in the name of “national security” while Congress either rubber-stamped their action, as in the case of the Iraq War, or stood by and did..…

This act not only provided for the future prosecution of the war, but was itself a vindication and ratification of the Act of the President in accepting the challenge without a previous formal declaration of war by Congress.” . “This greatest of civil wars was not gradually..…

For a year or so during the Civil War, Congress briefly imposed a small income tax. ..…

For the next 60 years, Congress periodically added new seats, and the Supreme Court reached its high-water mark with 10 justices in 1863. Following the Civil War, Congress reduced the number of seats to seven amid its battle with President Andrew Johnson over..…

The war powers resolution seeks to end any U.S. military involvement in the conflict, including providing targeting support for Saudi air strikes, without authorization from Congress. . The four-year-long civil war in Yemen, which pits the Saudi-led coalition against Houthi rebels..…

For instance, at the start of Civil War, with Congress out of session, President Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and took other unilateral actions. ..…

For instance, at the start of Civil War, with Congress out of session, President Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and took other unilateral actions. ..…

This SR call-to-arms led to their exclusion from the Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets, with the recommendation that local soviets also exclude them as part of the civil war struggle. ... When the Civil War was won, the Communist Party, at its 10th..…

Various presidents have done things as emergency actions—Lincoln during the Civil War most notably, when Congress literally couldn’t be brought back in session—but the first official such declaration was made by Woodrow Wilson (not a promising start), and many presidents would..…

Congress between 1830 and Civil War, about the institution of Congress, the nature of American, the challenges of nation's developing democracy, and the longstanding roots of Civil War.. ..…

For instance, at the start of Civil War, with Congress out of session, President Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and took other unilateral actions. ..…

For instance, at the start of Civil War, with Congress out of session, President Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and took other unilateral actions. ..…

In other cases, the administration simply bought stuff on credit and stuck Congress with the bill — and sometimes for good reasons. Former President Abraham Lincoln authorized millions in funding to fight the Civil War, assuming that Congress would ratify his actions..…

The authority of Supreme Court must not, therefore, be permitted to control Congress or the Executive except to have such influence as the force of their reasoning may deserve... During Civil War, Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus, only between Philadelphia and..…

Abraham Lincoln, late in the Civil War. . Library of Congress . . .   . Abraham Lincoln was not popular in York County, Pennsylvania, during the Civil War years. ..…

Congress, a former refugee who fled Somalia’s civil war and a Detroit-born Palestinian-American. . . . ..…

She will replace Keith Ellison, himself the first Muslim elected to Congress. Omar fled from civil war in Somalia and arrived in the U.S. at the age of 14. ..…

In the aftermath of Civil War, Republicans Congress sought to push through series of constitutional protections for emancipated black slaves. ..…

It took Yale Joanne Freeman 17 years and three worn-out desk chairs to write latest book, The Field of Blood Violence Congress and Road to Civil War... ... Logically enough, Southerners had literal fighting Congress... In some ways, that the first battles of..…

Horse Artillery during the Civil War in 1862. . Photo courtesy of Library of Congress collection . . . The Civil War may have ended 152 years ago, but for Irene Triplett, it still continues in a way far more tangible than recent fights over Confederate monuments. ...…

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The Pentagon chief had cautioned early on about getting involved in Libya's civil war, telling Congress that taking out Libya's air defenses was tantamount to war. ..…

Lugar also questioned whether a move to train Iraqis might 'lead to Iraqis who are better prepared for civil war against each other.' He said if Bush reaches out to Congress about his plans, hearings before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee could become 'well-informed,..…

Lugar also questioned whether a move to train Iraqis might 'lead to Iraqis who are better prepared for civil war against each other.' . He said if Bush reaches out to Congress about his plans, hearings before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee could become 'well-informed,..…