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Youngstown Sheet Tube Co. v. Sawyer Youngstown Sheet Tube Co. v. Sawyer
YOUNGSTOWN SHEET & TUBE CO. V. SAWYER In Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579, 72 S. Ct. 863, 96 L. Ed. 1153 (1952), the Supreme Court reviewed the constitutionality of an executive order directing the secretary of commerce to seize possession of the nation's steel mills... Read more
John Jr. Conyers John Jr. Conyers
John Conyers Among the longest-serving members of the United States Congress, John Conyers (born 1929) has remained a most productive lawmaker in terms of legislation introduced and passed. He was one of just a few members of the House of Representatives whose career stretched back to the civil... Read more
Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 Organized Crime Control Act of 1970
Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 Arthur G. LeFrancois In the early 1950s, Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee led a committee of the U.S. Senate in investigating organized crime in the United States. The Special Senate Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce concluded that... Read more
Maker Maker
MAKER One who makes, frames, executes, or ordains; as a lawmaker, or the maker of a promissory note. One who signs a note to borrow and, as such, assumes the obligation to pay the note when due. The person who creates or executes a note, that is, issues it, and in signing the instrument makes the... Read more
Resolution Resolution
RESOLUTION The official expression of the opinion or will of a legislative body. The practice of submitting and voting on resolutions is a typical part of business in Congress, state legislatures, and other public assemblies. These bodies use resolutions for two purposes. First, resolutions... Read more
Loophole Loophole
LOOPHOLE An omission or ambiguity in a legal document that allows the intent of the document to be evaded. Loopholes come into being through the passage of statutes, the enactment of regulations, the drafting of contracts or the decisions of courts. A loophole allows an individual or group to use... Read more
Rider Rider
RIDER A schedule or writing annexed to a document such as a legislative bill or insurance policy. A rider is an attachment, schedule, amendment, or other writing that is annexed (added) to a document in order to modify it. The changes may be small or large, but in either case the primary purpose... Read more
Barack Obama Barack Obama
Barack ObamaAugust 4, 1961 • Honolulu, HawaiiPoliticianIllinois voters sent a Democratic newcomer, Barack Obama, to one of the state's two seats in the U.S. Senate in 2004. Obama's landslide victory in Illinois was significant on several fronts. Firstly, he became the Senate's only African American... Read more
Class Class
CLASS AND CRIME The longstanding controversy over the importance of social class in the production of criminal conduct is often an argument over the meaning of class and the measurement of crime. Criminal conduct is far from a unitary phenomenon. In general, for a crime to be committed, there must... Read more
Incarceration Incarceration
INCARCERATION Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. This... Read more

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