Search Results

… thereby over-ruling earlier decisions that courts were not competent to decide such political questions. Two years … v. Green (1946), where the Court—reflecting its hands-off approach to the question of districting—declined to … to Chicago. That basic split only deepened during the 1930s and 1940s, when Chicago became one of the most strongly …

… that efforts to establish an international judicial system will erode national sovereignty, usurp domestic courts and … former leaders have been brought to account for misdeeds committed while in office. But there are obstacles to trying Saddam before a …

… John Marshall’s seat, he was able at long last to overcome the strong objection of the Whigs during his third, and … it should be “so emphatically rejected that its parallel will never again be presented to the free representatives of … in  West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish  (1937). 6. Justice Thurgood Marshall (1967) Thurgood Marshall (pictured with Lyndon …

… if they just discharged their muskets, "the very smoake will bee sufficient to affright them." Unfortunately, Smith … Smith returned to England, proclaiming his mission accomplished; but the Virginia Indian wars lasted for decades. … Giulio Douchet, an Italian advocate of air power in the 1930s. Sounding like a contemporary defense analyst, Douchet …

… The Pentagon has announced that troop levels in Iraq will remain at 135,000 until the end of 2005. Thus, with the … Iraq war’s heaviest fighting and as images of flag-draped coffins and tortured prisoners remind us of Vietnam, we have … a result, thousands of men openly defied draft laws and welcomed prosecution. And tens of thousands evaded the draft by …

… killed 58 French paratroopers. The deadly attacks happened 30 years ago this month; from then until now, U.S. policy … to achieve stability in the Middle East in the face of complex, multi-faceted challenges. With atrocities now … with Gemayel’s faction, the peacekeeping forces remained officially neutral. However, in September, during …

… possibly want anything more than to see their children off safely to school, to take care of their husbands after a … group of white, educated, middle-class women were overcome with a sense of gratitude. Friedan had explained their … mate, these women would eventually be told that becoming a good housewife required giving up on any other aspirations. …

… a supply network for the Contras that could operate off the books. Photo of FDN & ARDE Frente Sur Commandas in the Nueva Guinea zone of Southeast Nicaragua, … as a blueprint for his thinking on presidential power” (304). The play-by-play description of the arms deals and …

… dotted with reminders of this past, but the residents welcome visitors with true Albanian hospitality and intend to … continuously inhabited since the Bronze Age, it was not officially established as a town until 1614, when a mosque, … of Albania, and after an intense battle in the capital against the occupying Nazi forces, the communists …

… Time, transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to complete the Works of Death, Desolation, and Tyranny already … largest of a number of firms providing between 20,000 and 30,000 private security guards in Iraq — what Jefferson … to protect; and they want to get paid. If someone else offers them more money, they might quit the job they now …

… stand at the bow of the ferry as the water of the White Sea comes in wave after wave through the hole in the gunwale for … profitable fishing industry. And then in the 1920s and 1930s, the monastery became the stage for one of the darkest … structures, or perhaps more importantly, why. Solovki offers its own prehistoric stone structures. On the …

… my professor is onto something. Patterson shares with other commentators the feeling that 1965 was a “pivot” or a … that they were distracted by televised sports and Christmas shopping. At the height of his popularity in early 1965, … first case, the violent confrontation between white Selma officials and nonviolent civil rights protestors attempting …

… few who were wise and wealthy enough to put public good ahead of private gain. The Constitutional Convention … votes for president. But he looked like a backwoods ruffian compared with the venerable John Quincy Adams. So elite … praised his “gracious” exit speech, and then swept him off the stage of history. The New York Times’s Thomas …

… the need for savings versus the need for resources for the common good.  For many of today's issues — such as Internet … the deceased's first son) and entail (allowing families to will property that could never be divided or sold), along …

… as they have from the furor last summer triggered by comments about Beijing’s human rights record made by Bob … with the Chinese Communist leaders threatening to break off negotiations with Disney for the building of … (in China and other countries), but on the whole 1996 was good for the company’s image and Beijing deserves much of …

… for nothing less than a total redefinition of the social compact. Peronism permeated and penetrated all aspects of … The government abided, even agreeing to broadcast it on the official radio network. The following day Perón delivered … connection between him and laborer, stating “From today I will feel a true Argentine pride because I interpret this …

… perceive that reality. In so doing the words we use also become a part of the world we are trying to understand. One … a dangerous "other" against which all men and women of good will can unite. "We" can use it to say who we are not … the less "mischief" it can make. When senior government officials gave commencement addresses at the Naval Academy, …

… return to it.” This agreement continued the work begun some 30 years earlier by the office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (HCR) of the League of Nations . …

… demands to inspect the cargo they carried, and Israeli navy commandos boarded the vessels before the boats pulled into … underdog triumph of an embattled, small community warding off invading Arab armies, and ending 2000 years of Jewish … in the past two decades, not uniformly in one "bad" or "good" direction. Less than 20 years ago, Israel viewed the …

… but the game itself made no money. Men’s college basketball commenced with a similarly obscure contest.  In 1895 at … players were pocketing up to $650 a year in the early 1930s.  Popular reporter Westbrook Pegler wrote that the … that he could have kept even if he quit football.” School officials told Waldrep that “they recruited me as a student, …

… talking about Martin Luther King, one of the questions most commonly asked is: “What would Dr. King say about…?” The … vehicles in the question: “What Would Jesus Drive?” Scoffers avoid the moral weight of the question by offering … still plagued by hunger, poverty, terrorism, and war. It will not do to ignore the question, because we can aspire to …

… major headlines. China-watchers, journalists, and academics commemorated June 4—as the event is called for short—with … usual a gauntlet of political parties and interest groups, offering pamphlets and selling t-shirts. Just like last … “universal suffrage” for the next Hong Kong Chief Executive will be limited to a slate of hand-picked candidates loyal …