Law
System of rules and principles established by governments or societies to regulate behavior, maintain order, protect rights, and deliver justice.
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May 16 … John Conyers was a towering figure in American political life whose more than half-century in Congress left…
May 21 … Loretta Lynch is a distinguished attorney whose career in public service culminated in her historic tenure as…
May 22 … The Supreme Court case of Lane v. Wilson is a significant ruling in the ongoing struggle against…
May 24 … The Fort Monroe Doctrine was an early Civil War policy that treated escaped enslaved people who reached…
June 2 … The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of legislation that transformed American society by…
June 3 … Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia — also known as Morgan v. Virginia — was a landmark…
June 5 … McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents was a pivotal U.S. Supreme Court case that challenged segregation in higher…
June 5 … Sweatt v. Painter was a pivotal U.S. Supreme Court decision that weakened the “separate but equal” doctrine…
June 13 … Eleanor Holmes Norton is a distinguished American lawyer, civil rights advocate, and long-serving delegate to the U.S.…
June 17 James Weldon Johnson was a towering figure in American history whose multifaceted career as a writer, educator, diplomat,…