Thesaurus Encyclopedia ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1.Jimmy Hoffa- United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913-1975) ...
Key People: Isaac Hull James Madison Samuel Smith Zachary Taylor Tecumseh See all related content Top Questions What led to the War of 1812? How did the War of 1812 end? Did the War of 1812 have popular support? War of 1812, (June 18, 1812–February 17, 1815), conflict fought between...
as the Supreme Court held inMarbury v. Madison,(11)correctly I believe, this judiciary has the power to hold legislative enactments void that are repugnant to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. In this country the judiciary was made independent because it has, I believe, the prim...
Douglas met with Robert Bruce at Annandale, where he was enroute to Scone to be crowned king of Scotland, and was present at the coronation on 27 March 1306.[2][7]He fought with Bruce in the Battle of Methven several months later, and from that point onward his unswerving loyalty to ...
Nothingin the federal Constitution prohibits The States from nullifying unconstitutional acts of the federal government. Thus, nullification isa reserved powerof the States & The People. 3. We saw where Madison says in Federalist No. 45 that the powers delegated to the federal government are“few ...
In 1916 Madison Grant, a wealthy New Yorker and friend of both Daven-port and Roosevelt, published The Passing of the Great Race, in which he argued that the Nordic peoples are superior to all others, including other Europeans. To preserve the United States' fine Nordic genetic heritage, ...
The 1850 census seems to prove that Wm. P. was the son of James. But from there I have been stumped for years. I don't think we really know that this is the James that is listed as the son of John and Anna. "The Pioneers of Madison and Hancock Counties", mentions a grave for...
morning. Both appearances were made in regard to the facial recognition technology that Madison Square Garden is using both there, where Dolan's Knicks and New York Rangers play, and at other venues owned by the company, and that has been utilized to ban people from coming to games or...
Great Britain, with its powerful navy, also opposed recon quest of Latin America and suggested that the United States join in proclaiming "hands off." Ex-Presidents Jefferson and Madison counseled Monroe to accept the offer, but Secretary Adams advised, "It would be more candid ... to avow...
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2012. Print. Higginbotham, Virginia. Luis Buñuel. Boston, Mass: Twayne Publishers, 1979. Print. Kyrou, Ada. Luis Buñuel: An Introduction. Trans. Adrienne Foulke. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1963. Print Leprohon, Pierre. Michelangelo Antonioni: An...