Covering expenses
Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution gave Congress the power to raise revenue to “pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of...
Delaware’s ratification of Constitution
This is the certificate of the Delaware ratification of the Constitution in 1787. Once the Constitution was written and signed by the delegates to the Constitutional...
Dissenting Opinion
This case was heard in the Charleston District Court in May 1951 by a panel of three Federal judges. The majority ruling was that “separate but equal” schools...
Draft resolution to end slavery
This is a draft of a joint resolution that started in the Senate. A joint resolution is a formal opinion adopted by both houses of the legislative branch. A...
Extending the right to vote
Senate Joint Resolution 7 proposed an amendment to the Constitution that would extend the right to vote to citizens 18 years of age or older. Introduced on January...
Grand Canyon State okays the vote for 18-year-olds
Arizona ratified the 26th amendment to the Constitution on May 26, 1971. The amendment stated that “the right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen...
Marbury v. Madison
This document is an order to show cause in the Marbury v. Madison Supreme Court case in 1803. An order to show cause explains that a defendant is...