USA Law

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  • Stephanos Bibas

    Stephanos Bibas The Washington Times announced that sentencing scholar Stephanos Bibas was offered an open position on the Third Circuit under the Trump Administration. His book, “The Machinery of Criminal Justice,” was published in 2012 by Oxford University Press. He was nominated to fill the seat of Marjorie Rendell, who assumed senior status on July…

  • Stephanos Bibas

    Stephanos Bibas The Washington Times announced that sentencing scholar Stephanos Bibas was offered an open position on the Third Circuit under the Trump Administration. His book, “The Machinery of Criminal Justice,” was published in 2012 by Oxford University Press. He was nominated to fill the seat of Marjorie Rendell, who assumed senior status on July…

  • Nathaniel Macon

    Nathaniel Macon in the United States Macon, Nathaniel (1757_1837) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 269 MACON, NATHANIEL (1757_1837) Nathaniel Macon, a North Carolina planter, opposed ratification of the constitution […]

  • Joseph Story

    Joseph Story in the United States Life and Work of Joseph Story The following is an old definition of Joseph Story [1]: Was born September 18, 1779, at Marblehead, and died September 10, 1845, at Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was graduated from Harvard college in 1798, standing second in his […]

  • Ethel Rosenberg

    Ethel Rosenberg in the United States Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in the U.S. Legal History Summary American radicals accused of passing atomic secrets to the Soviets during World War II. Although the death penalty was not mandatory for their crime, their 1953 execution reflected the national […]

  • Ethel Rosenberg

    Ethel Rosenberg in the United States Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in the U.S. Legal History Summary American radicals accused of passing atomic secrets to the Soviets during World War II. Although the death penalty was not mandatory for their crime, their 1953 execution reflected the national […]

  • Lee Harvey Oswald

    Lee Harvey Oswald in the United States Transcript of The Trial of the Century: America v. Lee Harvey Oswald This section examines the Transcript of The Trial of the Century: America v. Lee Harvey Oswald subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, […]

  • Lee Harvey Oswald

    Lee Harvey Oswald in the United States Transcript of The Trial of the Century: America v. Lee Harvey Oswald This section examines the Transcript of The Trial of the Century: America v. Lee Harvey Oswald subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, […]

  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton

    Elizabeth Cady Stanton in the United States Life and Work (1815-1902) STANTON, Elizabeth Cady, American reformer: b. Johnstown, N. Y., 12 Nov. 1815; d. New York, 26 Oct. 1902. She was graduated from Emma Willard Seminary, Troy, N. Y., in 1832 and was married to Henry Brewster Stanton (q.v.) […]

  • Susan Brownell Anthony

    Susan Brownell Anthony in the United States Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) Introduction According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts to a Quaker father and a Baptist mother. She never married and was a […]

  • William Blackstone

    William Blackstone in the United States Life and Work of Sir William Blackstone The following is a description of Blackstone [1]: Born July 10, 1723. In 1736 he entered Pembroke College, Oxford, where he continued till 1741, when he began to study law. In 1746, at the end of the […]

  • James Kent

    James Kent in the United States Introduction to James Kent (1763_1847) According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, he was a New York jurist, and influenced American constitutional jurisprudence through both his writings and his judicial opinions. Largely because of his […]