The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: Annotated
The five bills collectively known as The Compromise of 1850 were signed into law by US President Millard Fillmore in an effort to continue the union of the states in...
The Alien Enemies Act: Annotated
...The Fourteenth Amendment: Annotated Liz Tracey January 22, 2024 Adopted in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution addresses citizenship rights, due process, and equal protection under the law....
On Earth Day
...Agreement: Annotated Liz Tracey April 22, 2023 Adopted by almost 200 parties at the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference, the Paris Agreement captures international ambitions for cooperative climate action. Planetary...
How White Women Organized Against Lynching
...towns where lynchings had taken place, interviewed local judges and sheriffs, and studied public attitudes. More to Explore “Lynch Law in America”: Annotated Liz Tracey February 21, 2025 Ida B....
Joseph McCarthy in Wheeling, West Virginia: Annotated
At the time of this writing, there have been two Red Scares in America. The first began in 1918 in response to heightened fears after the Russian Revolution, the increasing...
Roti, Airborne Life, and Rethinking Disability
...concern. But who’s making the projections of future population, and how seriously should we take them? Beyond Accommodations (Public Books) by Liz Bowen Disability can be simultaneously extremely visible and...
“Lynch Law in America”: Annotated
The origins of “lynch law” in the United States are not definitive, but its use to punish those loyal to the British king during the American Revolution (or horse thieves,...
A Presidents’ Day Roundup
...1776. Thomas Jefferson was not then credited with its authorship. The Declaration of Independence: Annotated Liz Tracey December 9, 2021 Related links to free scholarly context on JSTOR for the...
The Power of the Purse
On January 27, 2025, a week into the second Trump administration, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo announcing that all federal financial assistance was being paused...
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: Annotated
Fifteen years ago this month, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC). The decision has transformed how elections are funded in...