U.S. Laws and Legislation

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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
Image of 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
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
Chinese laborers work a sugar plantation in 19th century Hawaii.
A Sweet Beginning: the U.S. Sugar Monopoly
Clarence Thomas
Top Ten Origins: Controversial SCOTUS Nominees
A 2017 protest march in San Francisco calling for President Trump’s impeachment.
American Presidential Scandals
The words "Equal Justice Under Law" which are inscribed on the front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.
The Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment
The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) was one of the bloodiest in history: 8 million people lost their lives in Europe's deadliest religious conflict.
Secularism, Past and Future
Insulin shock therapy being administered in the 1950s to a psychiatric patient.
America's Long-Suffering Mental Health System
Dr. Aleš Hrdlička
“No law can change our blood"