Marbury v. Madison (1803)
First Exercise of Judicial Review. On this day in 1803, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Marbury v. Madison. It is perhaps the most […]
Political History
MacArthur Dismissed
Truman fires MacArthur. On this day, April 11, in 1951, President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of his duties as the U.S. commander of […]
The Lippmann Column
The Trial Balloon. Walter Lippmann, a widely read columnist for the New York Herald-Tribune and an accepted expert on many subjects, wrote this column below […]
President’s Day
The Father of the Country. Originally celebrating George Washington’s birthday, and then Abe Lincoln’s Birthday, the federal government has declared the third Monday in February […]