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Civil Rights Act of 1964; Long title: An Act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States of America to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the ...
Following the end of the Civil War, several factions emerged in the Democratic Party during the Third Party System, such as the Bourbon Democrats (1872–1912) and Silverites (1870s–1890s). During the Gilded Age , or from around 1877 to 1896, the only Democratic president to win both the Electoral College and popular vote was the Bourbon ...
The National Socialist Handbook for Law and Legislation of 1934–35, edited by the lawyer Hans Frank, contains a pivotal essay by Herbert Kier on the recommendations for race legislation which devoted a quarter of its pages to U.S. legislation, including race-based citizenship laws, anti-miscegenation laws, and immigration laws.
The legislature then undertook a review of the existing codes of Guam and codified them, enacting in 1954, a new civil code, code of civil procedure, penal code and probate code. That year, Guam also passed a statute unique among the territories and which had only previously been implemented in the state of Georgia , extending universal ...
February 20 – President Clinton attends a town hall meeting in the East Room during the morning, answering questions from Peter Jennings concerning the White House, the presidency, Little Rock school integration, his daughter, women in elected office, civil disturbances in Los Angeles, health care reform, his education, violence in schools ...
Section 230 is a section of Title 47 of the United States Code that was enacted as part of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which is Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and generally provides immunity for online computer services with respect to third-party content generated by its users. At its core, Section 230(c)(1 ...
June 12 – Special counsel Robert B. Fiske interviews Clinton for 90 minutes and the First Lady for an hour at the White House.; June 13 – The White House stated Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton were questioned under oath relating to matters of the Whitewater affair and that they both maintain their innocence while having no charges pending against them.