A man who gunned down his family in an apparent murder suicide on Christmas morning while they opened their presents was wearing a Santa Claus suit. Police in a Dallas suburb dubbed the 'Christmas Capital of Texas' searched for clues on

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by 逸文 | 2013-07-16

On March 29, 1960, the New York Times carried a full-page advertisement titled "Heed Their Rising Voices",which solicited funds to defend Martin Luther King, Jr. against an Alabama perjury indictment.

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by admin | 2013-09-11

Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that Congress acted within its power under the Commerce Clause of theUnited States Constitution in forbidding racial discrimination in restaurants as

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by admin | 2013-09-11

City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997), was a Supreme Court case concerning the scope of Congress's enforcement power under the fifth section of the Fourteenth Amendment. The case also had a significant impact on historic preservation.

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by admin | 2013-09-11

Corfield v. Coryell (6 Fed. Cas. 546, no. 3,230 C.C.E.D.Pa. 1823) was an 1823 federal circuit court case decided by JusticeBushrod Washington while riding circuit. In it, he upheld a New Jersey regulation forbidding non-residents from gathering

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by admin | 2013-09-11

Reid v. Covert, 354 U.S. 1 (1957), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the Constitution supersedes international treaties ratified by the United States Senate. According to the decision, "this Court has regularly

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