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To Understand a Scandal: Watergate beyond Nixon
In the early hours of June 17, 1972, police officers arrested five men suspected of breaking into...
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Natural Rights, Citizenship Rights, State Rights, and Black Rights: Another Look at Lincoln and Race
Stephen Douglas was the first in a long line of observers...
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Moore v. Dempsey
In Moore v. Dempsey, the Supreme Court ruled that twelve African Americans in Arkansas had been unfairly tried and convicted of murder based on a “wave of public passion.” The case was returned to the Arkansas court, which eventually freed the defendants.
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Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act, the first child labor bill, was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson. The Act regulated child labor by banning the sale of products made by companies that employed children under certain ages. The bill was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1918.