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https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/the-differences-between-f... - 0 views

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    Federalists and antifederalists infographic
Kay Bradley

Marbury v. Madison - Wikipedia - 0 views

  • judicial review
  • petition to the Supreme Court by William Marbury, who had been appointed Justice of the Peace in the District of Columbia by President John Adams but whose commission was not subsequently delivered
  • found
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  • Madison's refusal to deliver the commission was both illegal and correctible
  • Nonetheless, the Court stopped short
  • holding that the provision of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that enabled Marbury to bring his claim to the Supreme Court was itself unconstitutional, since it purported to extend the Court's original jurisdiction beyond that which Article III established. The petition was therefore denied.
Kay Bradley

The Salem Witch Trials - 0 views

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    "Yet another form of 'evidence' sought was the Devil's mark or witch mark. People believed that when a person agreed to serve the Devil he kissed or bit them. That left a mark on the person's body. Any mole, birthmark or abnormal growth could be seen as a witch mark. Obviously most people have a mole or birthmark somewhere. Anyone accused of being a witch was likely to be stripped and examined. People believed that if any unusual mark or growth was pricked but did not bleed it was evidence you were a witch. (Unlike 'spectral evidence', which was highly unusual looking for witch marks was common in the 17th century)."
Kay Bradley

In Aftermath of Missouri Protests, Skepticism About the Prospects for Change - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • any end up being passed from jail to jail around the county until they can pay their fines and in some cases other administrative fees, a revenue source on which some towns are growing increasingly reliant
  • He described how an unpaid $75 ticket once turned into days behind bars in two different police stations and hundreds of dollars in fees. He
  • Maplewood, according to a 2013 report by the state attorney general, black motorists were searched or arrested during stops at more than twice the rate of whites. Yet searches of whites and blacks were almost equally likely to turn up contraband. Messages for the police chief in Maplewood were not returned.
Kay Bradley

Runaway Slaves: An Intimate History of Slave Resistance - Higher Education - 0 views

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    John Hope Franlin, Loren Schweninger, chronicles runaway slaves, mostly young males, alternative to the exceptional "literate" runaways like Harriet Jacobs or Frederick Douglass
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