USA Law

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  • Senate Leadership

    Senate Leadership in the United States Senate: What the Senate Does: Leadership Introduction to Senate Leadership As in the House of Representatives, power in the Senate is generally distributed according to the seniority system, in which political parties appoint their members to committee […]

  • Senate Leadership

    Senate Leadership in the United States Senate: What the Senate Does: Leadership Introduction to Senate Leadership As in the House of Representatives, power in the Senate is generally distributed according to the seniority system, in which political parties appoint their members to committee […]

  • Juvenile Justice

    Juvenile Justice in the United States Introduction Youth under the age of 18 who are accused of committing a delinquent or criminal act are typically processed through a juvenile justice system. States, however, have the right to set lower age thresholds for processing youth through the […]

  • Juvenile Justice

    Juvenile Justice in the United States Introduction Youth under the age of 18 who are accused of committing a delinquent or criminal act are typically processed through a juvenile justice system. States, however, have the right to set lower age thresholds for processing youth through the […]

  • Legislative History of the Tax-Exempt Sector

    Legislative History of the Tax-Exempt Sector in the United States The structure of tax exemption granted to the charitable and voluntary sector outlined in the United States Tax Code was developed through legislation enacted between 1894 and 1969. Over that 75-year period, Congress […]

  • Legislative History of the Tax-Exempt Sector

    Legislative History of the Tax-Exempt Sector in the United States The structure of tax exemption granted to the charitable and voluntary sector outlined in the United States Tax Code was developed through legislation enacted between 1894 and 1969. Over that 75-year period, Congress […]

  • Treaty with the New York Indians

    Treaty with the New York Indians in the United States Treaty made with the representatives of the Nations of New York Indians (January 15 1838): As presented, articles of a treaty made at Buffalo Creek in the State of New York, January 15, 1838, by Ransom Gillet-commissioner on the part of […]

  • Treaty with the New York Indians

    Treaty with the New York Indians in the United States Treaty made with the representatives of the Nations of New York Indians (January 15 1838): As presented, articles of a treaty made at Buffalo Creek in the State of New York, January 15, 1838, by Ransom Gillet-commissioner on the part of […]

  • Wade-Davis Manifesto

    Wade-Davis Manifesto in the United States Text of the Manifesto We have read without surprise, but not without indignation, the Proclamation of the President of the 8th of July. . The President, by preventing this bill from becoming a law, holds the electoral votes of the Rebel States at […]

  • Wade-Davis Manifesto

    Wade-Davis Manifesto in the United States Text of the Manifesto We have read without surprise, but not without indignation, the Proclamation of the President of the 8th of July. . The President, by preventing this bill from becoming a law, holds the electoral votes of the Rebel States at […]

  • House Of Representatives Leadership

    House of Representatives Leadership in the United States U.S. House of Representatives: History of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rise of Strong Leadership Introduction to House of Representatives Leadership In the last quarter of the 19th century, divisions between Republicans and […]

  • House Of Representatives Leadership

    House of Representatives Leadership in the United States U.S. House of Representatives: History of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rise of Strong Leadership Introduction to House of Representatives Leadership In the last quarter of the 19th century, divisions between Republicans and […]

  • Money

    Money in United States Money Definition A representative of value, established by law, and made a legal tender in the payment of debts. 65 N. C. 415. In a strict sense, gold and silver coin. Const. U. S. art. 1, §§ 8, 10. See 44 Tex. 622. In a broader sense, the common medium of…

  • Money

    Money in United States Money Definition A representative of value, established by law, and made a legal tender in the payment of debts. 65 N. C. 415. In a strict sense, gold and silver coin. Const. U. S. art. 1, §§ 8, 10. See 44 Tex. 622. In a broader sense, the common medium of…

  • Navajo Treaty of 1868

    Navajo Treaty of 1868 in the United States Text of the Treaty Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America ALL AND SINGULAR TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: General W.T. ShermanWhereas a Treaty was made and concluded at Fort Sumner, in the Territory of New Mexico, […]