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The Militia Act of 1862 of July 17, 1862, Sess. 2, ch. 201, was the 201st Act of the second session of the 37th Congress. The National Banking Act of February 25, 1863, Sess. 3, ch. 58, was the 58th Act of the third session of the 37th Congress. The Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 of October 16, 2004, Pub. L.
Main article: List of acts of the 107th United States Congress. June 7, 2001: Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 107–16 (text) (PDF), 115 Stat. 38. September 18, 2001: Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 107–40 (text ...
List of Jim Crow law examples by state. A Black American drinks from a segregated water cooler in 1939 at a streetcar terminal in Oklahoma City. This is a list of examples of Jim Crow laws, which were state, territorial, and local laws in the United States enacted between 1877 and 1965. Jim Crow laws existed throughout the United States and ...
A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from the map. This article is part of a series on. Political divisions ofthe United States.
The law of the United States comprises many levels [ 1] of codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the most important is the nation's Constitution, which prescribes the foundation of the federal government of the United States, as well as various civil liberties. The Constitution sets out the boundaries of federal law, which consists of ...
Early in its history, in Marbury v.Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803) and Fletcher v.Peck, 10 U.S. 87 (1810), the Supreme Court of the United States declared that the judicial power granted to it by Article III of the United States Constitution included the power of judicial review, to consider challenges to the constitutionality of a State or Federal law.
Federal jurisdiction refers to the legal scope of the government 's powers in the United States of America. The United States is a federal republic, governed by the U.S. Constitution, containing fifty states and a federal district which elect the President and Vice President, and having other territories and possessions in its national ...
Sale, processing or consumption of any liquor or spirit of greater than 153 proof is illegal. ( FSS 565.07) No retail sale of wine in containers larger than 1 gallon. FS 564.05 Supermarkets and other licensed business establishments may sell beer, low-alcohol liquors, and wine.