During the ceremony of World Congress Against Death Penalty Paris recently session featuring top diplomats and dignitaries only one actual death row inmate addressed the delegates from over 120 nations Pennsylvania death row Mumia Abu-Jamal.. ..…
Earlier this summer, Illinois became the 37th state to ratify Equal Rights Amendment to United States Constitution proposed by Congress on March 22, 1972. ..…
Currently, majorities give favorable assessments of 13 of the 17 agencies and departments tested by contrast, fewer Department of Education, IRS and Department of Veterans Affairs .. ..…
In the late 1700s, Congress considered and then defeated bill to pay for teachers of Christian religion.. ..…
ATLANTA -- For few decades now, narrow view of Christianity has dominated the public square it's theology consumed with sexuality and also taking variety of conservative positions - such as opposition to tax increases - that do not seem to have much to do with Gospel. ..…
This bumper crop of Catholic presidential candidates comes at time by many measures, becoming increasingly Catholic. ..…
Sooner or later, member of Congress from state with term limits is sure to file court case to challenge states power to limit congressional service. ..…
Indigenes of Communities along Old Benin-Abraka Road today barricaded the in protest of what th.. ..…
Charles Ommanney Contact Press Images Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and John Paul Stevens, 2005 Robert Katzmann, has been federal judge for over fifteen years. ..…
we have long been aware that from private to general it's one's duty not to obey order. If such were given, the honorable thing would be to resign, rather than be complicit.. ..…
James Madison Son of Virginia and Founder of the Nation by Jeff Broadwater. ..…
The great compromise is used to describe the first of the agreements affecting representation the agreement to vest in Congress that includes two houses, with every state having equal voting in Senate. ..…
Second in Democrats and Republicans alike say they want to cooperate with each other, and reality their actions recent years make voters think partisanship has become the mantra of the in both parties.. ..…
Under this system, all candidates appear on the ballot, with their respective party labels next to their names, and the top two voter-getters advance to the election, with the possibility of two Democrats or two Republicans facing off in very safe districts.. ..…
Tea Party, and its focus on eliminating government, and including Christian Washington, is hurting Republican Party's chances of appealing to swing voters and winning back Senate and House of Representatives November's midterm elections.. ..…
The latest national survey by Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Feb 1-5 among 1,502 adults, finds that by 31% to 14%, more people say Republican Party has involvement than Democratic Party in corruption. ..…
What Happened The Republican-controlled House of Representatives yesterday passed bill that would ease the way for Congress to sue president. ..…
Suppressing congressional votes of American territorial delegates and District of Columbia, described was and is never about the merit, ideology, fairness or disfranchisement — it has always been about the balance of in congress. ..…
diplomats from countries that support democracy were left in bind should they attend event that would legitimize what many viewed as election or ignore invitation from the head of state. ..…
In, the actor's original plan was to abduct Lincoln, take him to Richmond and exchange him for Confederate soldiers then held Union prisons The story is well known on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater. ..…
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