Judiciary Act of 1789: Circuit-Riding Justices, U.S. Marshals and Marbury
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Article III of the Constitution created one Supreme Court and left every other detail of the fed...
1 Marras 24min
Virginia's Headright System: 50 Acres a Passenger and a Slavery Subsidy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!By 1618 the Virginia Company's Jamestown venture had found no gold or silver and was near bankru...
1 Marras 21min
Code Talkers: Choctaw Radios in 1918 to Navajo's Error-Free Iwo Jima
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The U.S. military's first documented use of Native American languages for secure communication c...
1 Marras 25min
Boston Port Act of 1774: Black Mourning Cloth and a Blockade That Backfired
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On June 1, 1774, Boston's church bells tolled a death knell, flags flew at half mast and houses ...
1 Marras 20min
Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers: Shark Noses, Dive and Zoom Tactics
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Claire Lee Chennault was a medically retired Army Air Corps officer, partly deaf, when he arrive...
1 Marras 20min
Citizens United v. FEC: The Book-Ban Answer That Unleashed Super PACs
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, known as McCain-Feingold, barred corporations and union...
1 Marras 21min
Indian Removal Act of 1830: Cherokee Assimilation and a 101 to 97 Vote
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Indian Removal Act of 1830 led to the forced relocation of more than 60,000 people from at l...
1 Marras 17min
Watergate Break-In: Frank Wills, a Taped Latch and the 18-Minute Gap
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After the 1971 Pentagon Papers leak, the White House created a Special Investigations Unit nickn...
1 Marras 26min
