Law and Politics Chapters

What the law requires (or allows) is not always fair or just or honorable. Politics is often polarizing. Stories in this collection help us to examine the highs and lows of "the law" over the centuries.

Adams appoints 42 judges before Jefferson takes office, but their commissions are never sent.

Camp Minidoka is in southern Idaho and less well known than other internment camps.

African American citizens challenge segregated city buses

Reference locations in Rome provide background for the story of Edgardo Mortara and his kidnapping.

View images of the Diamond Sutra Cave treasures, Martin Luther's works, and beautiful books and manuscripts.

Slave trading continues in British Colonies and in the American South, even after Parliament abolishes the slave trade.

Wilma's life changed when her family left the reservation.

8-3.2 The role of SC in the Constitutional Convention including the Three-Fifths Compromise and Commerce Compromise

Realizing he is powerless to stop the unrest happening in his country, Nicholas abdicates the throne for both himself and his ill son.

The Watergate cover up and other mistakes overshadow the good things Nixon did while he was the president.

James believes in witchcraft, and supports the torture of suspected witches.

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