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Women's fight for equality is nothing new: A hundred years ago, brave women gathered to march and demand their right to vote and, unsurprisingly, Bay Area ladies were on the front lines. Take a look at the women's suffrage movement in San Francisco during the 1800s and early 1900s.
The Seventh Amendment guarantees a jury trial for civil cases in the federal courts. This amendment was ratified in 1791. The rights were to jury trial.
With anti-American sentiments come the most baffling and hilarious propaganda materials we've ever seen.
View of Civil Rights demonstrators one with a sign that reads 'With Liberty and Justice for All' during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom...
the Abolition of slavery in America, like Russian serfdom, was in the early sixties of the XIX century. In these events a lot in common, and the diffe
We all have inherent rights, no matter whether the governing authority of a particular geographical area recognizes it or whether it has been written down on a piece of paper as law. In the USA, they have been referred to as "unalienable rights" ever since the 1776 Declaration of Independence. Some call them natural rights to distinguish them from state-granted rights (which are not really rights but rather privileges). Others simply call them human rights. By Contributing Writer Makia…
Imagine a courtroom where the accused face a judge 50 at a time. They are handcuffed, and their feet are chained together. The judge calls them before the bench in groups of eight to face the charges. His message to the group: either plead guilty to a misdemeanor, or face felony charges and a federal prison sentence of up to 20 years. Not surprisingly, every one in the group
