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26 Mar 2008, 8:25 am
In our history, the following Presidents served in wars: George Washington (Revolutionary War); James Monroe (Revolutionary War); Andrew Jackson (Revolutionary War, War of 1812, First Seminole War); William Henry Harrison (Indian Wars in the Northwest Territory, War of 1812); John Tyler (War of 1812); Zachary Taylor (War of 1812, Second Seminole War, Mexican War); Franklin Pierce (Mexican War); James Buchanan (War of 1812); Abraham Lincoln (Black Hawk War); Andrew Johnson… [read post]
24 Mar 2008, 1:37 pm
" - Abraham Lincoln03/23/2008As the state Supreme Court considers the validity of California's sex-offender statute, known as Jessica's Law, San Diego and other cities are passing tougher versions of it.Jessica's Law says registered sex offenders can't live within 2,000 feet of a school or park where children gather. [read post]
22 Mar 2008, 12:19 pm
The black men, supporters of Abraham Lincoln's Republican Party, acted as a posse sworn in by a (white) Republican sheriff. [read post]
18 Mar 2008, 4:16 pm
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln insisted at the start of the Gettysburg Address that -- 14 years before the Founders in Philadelphia signed the Constitution -- "our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. [read post]
18 Mar 2008, 6:30 am
He's researched and written about Abraham Lincoln's use of military courts to prosecute Confederate sympathizers during the Civil War. [read post]
17 Mar 2008, 4:55 am
Biblical heros like Abraham, Jacob, and David had multiple wives. [read post]
15 Mar 2008, 1:21 pm
What interests us his description of just how minimal copyrights were in the days of President Abraham Lincoln, raising the question for us as to why these rights are - and should or should not be - as extensive as they are today in the modern world:"The types of works protected were very small: book, maps, and charts; "historical and other" prints; and musical compositions. [read post]
14 Mar 2008, 8:26 am
However, Jewish circumcision is also, according to some, a form of social initiation, of honoring, an acceptance of the child into the covenant of Abraham etc. - all good stuff of the sort the term "degrading" supposedly protects. [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 11:11 pm
Former Dallas Cowboy football player Ron Spring has been in a coma since late 2007 after having surgery to remove a cyst; he is one of several plaintiffs challenging Texas' medical malpractice cap in a lawsuit filed at the end of February.In Springs' case, the claim is that anesthesiologist Joyce Abraham and plastic surgeon David Godat were negligent in a 2007 cyst removal procedure in which Springs suffered a severe reaction to anesthesia, resulting in cardiac arrest.The lawsuit… [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 2:05 pm
Kramer's early history also allows us to see subsequent figures, such as Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln, trying to keep faith with the original eighteenth-century idea of a constitution as a fundamental law.If someone can point me to a discussion of Kramer's book in which these ideas are presented, I would be grateful. [read post]
8 Mar 2008, 10:40 am
Well, how did Abraham Lincoln get elected president? [read post]
4 Mar 2008, 7:23 pm
View the article hereNotice the bold text? [read post]
4 Mar 2008, 12:46 am
The Lincoln and His Circle web project "seeks to digitizeand make available the letters to, from, and about AbrahamLincoln that are held in the collections of the Department ofRare Books and Special Collections at the University ofRochester... [read post]
3 Mar 2008, 9:33 pm
The Washington Post has an interesting article on social psychologist Abraham Tesser's research on "how close friends and intimate partners who are engaged in similar work or activities compare themselves with one another. [read post]
1 Mar 2008, 9:01 pm
Earlier Obama had told the audience at a suburban high school rally in Dallas, Texas, that he intended to follow the example of his hero, President Abraham Lincoln, and appoint a cabinet of the talents, irrespective of party labels. [read post]
29 Feb 2008, 12:24 pm
(George Pickett, appointed to West Point by Abraham Lincoln - - if you can believe that - - was, I think, the goat in his class at the Point.)) [read post]
25 Feb 2008, 6:47 am
Interesting articles from a range of perspectives here.LAW AND MORALITY FOREWORD A FOUNDER'S RETROSPECTIVE: THE JOURNAL AT 30 YEARS Spencer Abraham 1 SYMPOSIUM LAW AND MORALITY: THE TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL NATIONAL FEDERALIST SOCIETY STUDENT SYMPOSIUM ON LAW AND PUBLIC POLICYâ€â [read post]
22 Feb 2008, 11:12 pm
Wills wrote:When Abraham Lincoln took actions based on military considerations, he gave himself the proper title, 'commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.' That title is rarely â€â [read post]
22 Feb 2008, 7:28 am
Craig Williams and I are joined by:Professor Paul Finkelman, the President William McKinley distinguished professor of law and public policy at Albany Law School and author -- among his many publications -- of the chapter, "Abraham Lincoln: Prairie Lawyer," in the book, America's Lawyer Presidents: From Law Office to the Oval Office.Robert J. [read post]
22 Feb 2008, 7:15 am
Craig Williams and I are joined by:Professor Paul Finkelman, the President William McKinley distinguished professor of law and public policy at Albany Law School and author -- among his many publications -- of the chapter, "Abraham Lincoln: Prairie Lawyer," in the book, America's Lawyer Presidents: From Law Office to the Oval Office.Robert J. [read post]
