What the law requires (or allows) is not always fair or just or honorable. Politics is often polarizing. Stories in this collection help us to examine the highs and lows of "the law" over the centuries.
On the 7th of July, 1793, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to his friend, James Madison. In it he warned against giving a central (federal) government ...
Jimmie Lee Jackson, an African-American who had served his country in Vietnam, was killed by an Alabama State Trooper who confessed to the killing dec...
Johann Tetzel was a German Dominican friar who told people that if they bought indulgences, their sins would be forgiven.
John Adams, who was part of the Declaration-of-Independence-drafting committee, argued in favor of approving Lee's Resolution to sever the colonies' t...
1802 was a busy year for Napoleon Bonaparte: In March, he agreed to the Treaty of Amiens between France and Britain (thereby ending the War of the Sec...
Long before America had "Uncle Sam," Britain had "John Bull.
The 1896 Presidential Election in America was noteworthy for many reasons, not least for the hundreds of political cartoons which newspapers published...
Invasions have been part of Britain's history. Sometimes those invasions are featured in political cartoons.
John Dunlap played a key role in disseminating important news of the day in his printed broadsides. He produced the first printed versions of America'...
Learn about John Hancock through the Library of Congress records.
John Hancock was 39 years old, in 1776, when he was President of the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence. He helped to fun...
Refusing to recant his beliefs, which were contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church, Jan Hus (John Huss) was burned at the stake outside the c...
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