Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton duals Vice President Aaron Burr
Hamilton intentionally fired into the air, but his political rival, Vice President Aaron Burr, took deadly aim and fatally shot him in a duel July …
1804
Lewis and Clark Expedition Begins Voyage to the Pacific Coast
“Ocian in view! O! the joy,” wrote William Clark in his journal, but the next day, Nov. 8, 1805, Lewis and Clark realized they were …
Little v. Barreme: SCOTUS Finds that the POTUS does not have “Inherent Authority” or “Inherent Powers” that Allow him to Ignore a Law Passed by the US Congress
Many people know the first Supreme Court decision to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional (It’s Marbury, of course), but few people could identify the …