U.S. Laws and Legislation

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a woman at a witch trial. she is wearing white and has her arms up in air with lightening bolts coming out of them. A judge, lawyer and an audience of people look on.
What was Wrong with the Judges at the Salem Witch Trials?
suffragettes in a car with U.S. flag and two signs that read Votes for Women
The 19th Amendment: Women's Right to Vote
An allotment delegation approaches the Nez Perce
The Dawes Act
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington D.C. (Image by Eric E Johnson)
Originalism’s Historical Problems: The Supreme Court’s Embrace of a Controversial Theory
And Water for All - stylized image of hands with water behind them
... And Water for All
Artist representation of data security and privacy. Large eye peeks through an open window.
These Machines Know Too Damn Much
Heroin bust.
Devising a Drug-Free World (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 3)
Advertisement of an upcoming land sale by the United States Department of the Interior in 1911. The Interior Department published many similar advertisements to encourage white settlers to purchase "excess" reservation lands.
The Dawes Act
President Biden, standing in front of a blue flag with an eagle emblem
First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Insights from History
Earth covered in trees and water
"Pale Blue Dot": History of Our Environment
President George Bush signing deregulation papers with gas company employees looking on
Texas, Enron, and Energy Monopolies
doctor holding a COVID swab
Pandemics and Public Policy
nurses holding stretchers
The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic vs. the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic
people holding sign that says 14th amendment no state shall deny to any person... equal protection of the law
Evaluating the Causes and Legacy of the 14th Amendment
Plague Doctor
Responding to Pandemics—Both Past and Present
glass vaccine vials with labels that read "vaccine"
You Might Feel a Pinch: Vaccination Laws in the Era of COVID-19
Crowd with sign: "Black Caucus for Chisholm"
"Earn Your Spurs" (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 7)
Group of women protesting against the ERA with signs: "Stop the web of deception," "ERA means Amy register for the draft at 18," "Maternity ward - persons only"
Mom and Apple Pie (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 6)
Women at desk marked "Learn to Vote"
So...what now? (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 4)
Pamphlet of "Virginia Women Opposed to Suffrage"
Equal Suffrage Awaits Trial (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 3)
Large group of suffragists on steps
One Hundred Years of Women and the Vote
The headquarters of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage in 1911.
The Nineteenth Amendment
Sculpture of Donald Trump ripping up the Paris climate agreement.
Dirty Water: Federal Deregulation and the Re-Polluting of America
man with a gun in a holster
Top Ten Origins: Gun Regulation