Jereboam Orville Beauchamp (; September 6, 1802 – July 7, 1826) was an American lawyer who murdered the Kentucky legislator Solomon P. Sharp; the crime is known as the Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy. In 1821, Sharp had been accused in Bowling Green, Kentucky by Anna Cooke of fathering her ill...
Kate Mason Rowland, inThe Life of George Mason,NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1892, Vol I, p. 244), wrote: "The bill of rightshere given is from the original manuscript inthe handwriting of George Mason. 'Resolved, that the new constitution of government recommended ...
Federalism guarantees States’ independence and autonomy from the national government. The system, through the Federal Constitution, defines and delimits the powers of the Federal government (under the Executive Office or President) over independent States (represented by Legislators, e.g., Senators an...
Using those clever financial terms, the “influenced” legislators pass tax-avoidance strategies designed only for the super-rich. Thus the super-rich really don’t have to break any laws (in most cases) . . . because in essence they’re the ones who wrote the laws. (Or more accurately...
my first year in office, and witnessing first-hand the devastation, and highlighting how we are on the front lines of climate change here on Long Island. To be ending my term as we birthed this whole new industry in the United States that is going to help mitigate the im...
But it is surely needed and hardly beside the point at which we should already have arrived long ago: discussing policy alternatives for mitigation and adaptation and holding legislators accountable for not doing so. February 17, 2012, re-posted from: Lynne Peeples lynne.peeples@huffingtonpost....
Since March of 2020, our beloved legislators have added $4.5 trillion to the national debt, a 20% increase in one year. The Fed has done their part by jolting their balance sheet up by $3.5 trillion, an 85% increase in one year. The current administration is saying hold my beer, as...
Democrats and Republicans rarely agree on policy matters, an issue that's only grown worse as members of Congress and the voters that elect them have become more ideologically extreme. When legislators manage to overcome their political differences and pass laws together, they've “crossed the ais...
. . Our legislators in Washington have provided the laws that are necessary to guarantee full freedom and race equality in the post office. Whether or not such freedom and equality is obtained, however, will be decided by the human element in the post offices.[52] In 1947 Senator William...
So, who is to blame? TheNY Times suggests we should blame HUDfor the millions of pounds of lead in paint. However, I’m not so sure we can cast all of the blame on them, the legislators, or manufactures. But, we are going to be dealing with lead exposures in the future. ...