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The Supreme Court: Arresting Rules

Arresting RulesThe Supreme CourtArresting RulesLimiting Forced MedicationConfessing Illegally When arresting people and getting them ready to stand trial, police must carefully follow rules…

Cabinet Members Under Grant

Secretary of State Elihu B. Washburne, 1869Hamilton Fish, 1869Secretary of the TreasuryGeorge S. Boutwell, 1869William A. Richardson, 1873Benjamin H. Bristow, 1874Lot M. Morrill,…

Weed, Thurlow

(Encyclopedia) Weed, ThurlowWeed, Thurlowthûrˈlō [key], 1797–1882, American journalist and political leader, b. Cairo, N.Y. After working on various newspapers in W New York, Weed joined the…

Impeachments of Federal Officials

Source: Congressional Directory The procedure for the impeachment of federal officials is detailed in Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution. The Senate has…

Cabinet Members Under Nixon

Secretary of State William P. Rogers, 1969Henry A. Kissinger, 1973Secretary of the Treasury David M. Kennedy, 1969John B. Connally, 1971George P. Shultz, 1972William E. Simon, 1974Secretary…

Cabinet Members Under F. D. Roosevelt

Secretary of State Cordell Hull, 1933E. R. Stettinius, Jr., 1944Secretary of the Treasury William H. Woodin, 1933Henry Morgenthau, Jr., 1934Secretary of War George H. Dern, 1933Harry H.…

Country Music Hall of Fame

Find out who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, from its foundation in 1961 to the present day.1961 Jimmie Rodgers Fred Rose Hank Williams 1962 Roy Acuff 1963 No…

October 2004

WorldU.S. and Iraqi Troops Attack Insurgents (Oct. 1): More than 5,000 soldiers attempt to take over Samarra, held by militants. As many as 125 insurgents killed. (Oct. 3): U.S. and Iraqi…

Merwin, W. S.

(Encyclopedia) Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley Merwin), 1927–2019, American poet and translator, b. New York City. After graduating from Princeton in 1948, he traveled in Europe, working as a tutor…

Western Federation of Miners

(Encyclopedia) Western Federation of Miners (WFM), a radical labor union that organized the miners and smelter workers of the Rocky Mountain states. Created in 1893 by the merger of several local…