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John Kelly Pins Civil War on a 'Lack of Ability to Compromise' - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • The Missouri Compromise, in 1820, admitted Missouri to the union as a slave state; in exchange, it admitted Maine as a free state and barred slavery in most parts of the Louisiana Purchase territory north of a specified latitude. The Compromise of 1850 eliminated the slave trade from Washington, D.C., but also required citizens of free states to aid in the capture of fugitive slaves. The Kansas-Nebraska Act, which replaced the Missouri Compromise in 1854, let citizens of Kansas and Nebraska decide whether to allow slavery.
  • Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted slaves as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of congressional districting
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The Legend of Lincoln's Fence Rail | History | Smithsonian - 0 views

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  • In 1860, Lincoln was eager to win the support of the Illinois delegates who would later attend the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Abe’s backers looked for a way to reconnect their man with his genuinely humble roots. They ended up taking a cue from Harrison and staging a nice bit of political theater at the state-level convention in Decatur.
  • idea of sending Lincoln’s cousin, John Hanks, back to the family farm in Decatur, Illinois, to collect a couple of the wooden fence rails that he and Abe had split years before.
  • under which a banner is suspended that reads ‘Abe Lincoln the Rail Splitter,’
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  • Hanks returned to the farm and collected more of the hallowed rails. “During the Civil War,” says Rubenstein, “lengths of the rails were sold at what were called ‘Sanitary Fairs’ that raised funds to improve hygiene in the Union Army camps. They were touchstones of a myth.”
  • The unprepossessing piece of wood was accompanied by a letter of provenance: “This is to certify that this is one of the genuine rails split by A. Lincoln and myself in 1829 and 30.” The letter is signed by John Hanks.
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(19) Civil War & Reconstruction 2.1 Intro - YouTube - 0 views

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    Eric FOner Lecture course
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What Is Obstruction of Justice? An Often Murky Crime, Explained - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn,
  • he was thinking about the F.B.I.’s investigation into contacts between his campaign associates and Russia, which he has derided as fake news, when he did so.
  • After a report that Mr. Trump had asked Mr. Comey whether he was loyal to him, the president
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  • better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations.”
  • “The president has never asked Mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving General Flynn.”
  • Several federal statutes criminalize actions that impede official investigations.
  • the law also includes broad, catchall prohibitions. For example, Sections 1503, 1505 and 1512 of Title 18 have variants of language making it a crime if someone corruptly “obstructs, influences or impedes any official proceeding.”
  • Could that cover asking the F.B.I. director to drop part of an investigation, and later firing him?
  • In theory, yes.
  • the power relationship
  • Did Trump have lawful authority to fire Comey?
  • But courts have ruled that otherwise lawful acts can constitute obstruction of justice if done with corrupt
  • example
  • intentions
  • ad filed legal complaints and related motions against a government agent who was investigating an illegal gambling operation
  • What would such a case entail, in theory?
  • prove defendants’ mental state
  • chieving that obstruction has to have been the specific intention.
  • Samuel Buell,
  • But he said on Tuesday that subsequent revelations have made the evidence much more robust.
  • “The evidence of improper purpose has gotten much stronger since the day of Comey’s firing,”
  • What impediments would there be to charging Mr. Trump?
  • it was not realistic to expect the Trump administration’s Justice Department to charge the sitting president.
  • to appoint a special counsel to handle it.
  • What about impeachment?
  • Bill Clinton in 1998 and Richard M. Nixon in 1974 — were accused of obstruction of justice.
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The Caste System [ushistory.org] - 0 views

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    "This Indian immigrant is still conscious of his Brahman heritage. Here he is shown standing in front of an altar in his home in the United States."
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