The U.S. Supreme Court:  The Keepers of the Laws of Our Land

The U.S. Supreme Court:  The Keepers of the Laws of Our Land
Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade International
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 063508161X
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The 22-book American Milestone series is featured as "Retailers Recommended Fabulous Products" in the August 2012 edition of Educational Dealer magazine. The U.S. Supreme Court: The Keepers of the Laws of Our Land is a 28-page book that is reproducible and educational. Your kids will learn: It is called SCOTUS, America's Highest Judicial Body and the High Court It has not always been supreme...orderly...in Washington...in a fancy building...diversified...or had nine justices. The Supreme Court is where you can make a federal case out of things! The Junior Justice has to fetch the coffee! The Justices operate on a "good behavior" and can be "out to recess." In my "opinion," the Supreme Court is one of the most important American institutions. The very nomination of a new Justice (such as Sonia Sotomayor in 2009) commands attention by all citizens. The Supreme Court can, and has, changed the face and the lives of Americans. Oyez, it is the chief defender of our Constitution. I can tell you this: those Supreme Court Justices aren't just standing around in their "briefs" - they are some busy, hardworking, dedicated, smart folks. Learn all about them! Below is the Table of Contents A Word From the Our Newest Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor SCOTUS: America's Highest Judicial Body Supreme Acrostic Puzzle A Short, Sweet Supreme History Meet Your Justices! The Six Little Justices and How They Grew! Jumping Through Hoops to Become a Justice! Out to Recess! The Supreme Court Gets a Home! Casing the Joint! Supreme Court Decision Determines the Winner of the 2000 Election So It Is Written, So It Shall Be Done! United States Court System Complete the Courts! Do Make a Federal Case Out of It! Supreme Trivia! In Your Opinion! Visiting the Court Glossary Pop Quiz Answer Key/Resources

Vagrant Nation

Vagrant Nation
Author: Risa Lauren Goluboff
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2016
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199768447
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"People out of Place reshapes our understanding of the 1960s by telling a previously unknown story about often overlooked criminal laws prohibiting vagrancy. As Beats, hippies, war protesters, Communists, racial minorities, civil rights activists, prostitutes, single women, poor people, and sexual minorities challenged vagrancy laws, the laws became a shared constitutional target for clashes over radically different visions of the nation's future"--

Hart and Wechsler's the Federal Courts and the Federal System Supplement

Hart and Wechsler's the Federal Courts and the Federal System Supplement
Author: Richard H. Fallon, JR.
Publisher: Foundation Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2008-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781599414713
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This 2008 Supplement updates the main text with recent developments. Topics discussed include the development and structure of the federal judicial system; cases and controversies; the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; the distribution of judicial power among federal and state courts; review of state court decisions by the Supreme Court; civil actions in the district courts; federal common law; jurisdiction of the district courts; suits challenging official action; limitations on district court jurisdiction; federal habeas corpus; problems of district court jurisdiction; and appellate review of federal decisions.

The Federal Courts and the Federal System

The Federal Courts and the Federal System
Author: Richard Fallon Jr
Publisher: Foundation Press
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2018-08-13
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781640209534
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This supplement brings the principal text current with recent developments in the law.

The Transcontinental Railroad: The Big Race to the Golden Spike!

The Transcontinental Railroad: The Big Race to the Golden Spike!
Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade International
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0635081695
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The 22-book American Milestone series is featured as "Retailers Recommended Fabulous Products" in the August 2012 edition of Educational Dealer magazine. It was a daunting task, but a necessary one-to build a railroad across the United States to unite East and West! From 1863 to 1869, thousands of workers braved blizzards, flash floods, dangerous dynamite blasts, buffalo stampedes, and occasional Indian attacks as they labored across America's plains, prairie, mountains and desert. This book includes: • Reasons for the Railroad • Follow the Wagon Trail • The Central Pacific • The Union Pacific • The Golden Spike • Toil and Trouble • Chinese Laborers • New Cities • New Industries • Hands-on Activities • Reproducible Activities • Glossary • Fascinating Facts • Timeline • And Lots More! The story of the Transcontinental Railroad, the Golden Spike, and the "Westward to Promontory" adventure gives students a compelling look at what it takes to make change, to make progress... and to do so in spite of all types of obstacles, most of them seemingly insurmountable, but which never stop those who dare to dream and do! Grab your hammer- and "ride the rails" in this fun, factual, and "can't believe they did that!" book!

The 13 Colonies: A New Life in a New World!

The 13 Colonies: A New Life in a New World!
Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade International
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0635081709
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The 22-book American Milestone series is featured as "Retailers Recommended Fabulous Products" in the August 2012 edition of Educational Dealer magazine. A like but different, bound together by common experience but made individual by geography - the original Thirteen Colonies formed the foundation of the United States of America! From Massachusetts to Georgia, the colonists learned to survive and then flourish in an unknown land full of obstacles and the unexpected. How did they muster the courage, the ingenuity, and the will to persevere? Learn just what it took in this book: • The Founding Fathers • American Flag-13 Stars and 13 stripes • How the Colonies • Formed • It's Not Easy to Break Away from the Mother Country • Meeting the Native Americans • Hands-on Activities • Reproducible Activities • Glossary • Fascinating Facts • Timeline • And Lots More! The compelling story of America's original Thirteen Colonies is a meaningful one for all students who seek to understand how what we learn from History can help us in our own quests. The true high drama of emotions... the deprivations... the determination... and the "going the distance" in spite of setbacks has lessons for all ages, ethnicities, and genders. Read along, and be inspired! "If they did it, surely I can too!"

Wagons Ho! Pioneers' Path to the West!: The Oregon Trail

Wagons Ho! Pioneers' Path to the West!: The Oregon Trail
Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade International
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0635081717
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The 22-book American Milestone series is featured as "Retailers Recommended Fabulous Products" in the August 2012 edition of Educational Dealer magazine. Just imagine-riding for six months in a wagon, choking on dust, sweating in searing heat, crossing raging rivers, fighting off disease and Indians-the life of a pioneer on the Oregon Trail. Beginning in the 1840s, thousands of Americans took the risk... and lumbered across this seemingly endless trail to a life of promise in the west. This book includes: • What's in That Wagon? • Manifest Destiny • Perils Along the Trail • Into the Unknown • Who Were Those Pioneers • Bountiful Buffalo • Hands-on Activities • Reproducible Activities • Glossary • Fascinating Facts • Timeline • And Lots More! Students can learn much from the compelling story of the overland pioneers who let nothing, and no one - including daunting Mother Nature, a vast, untamed wilderness, and hostilities of all kinds - stand in the way of their dreams and determination. Climb on up in your wagon and "bump along" in this fun, factual and "Wow-that's amazing" book!

Galloping West with the Pony Express!: The Mail Must Go Through!

Galloping West with the Pony Express!: The Mail Must Go Through!
Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade International
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0635081687
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The 22-book American Milestone series is featured as "Retailers Recommended Fabulous Products" in the August 2012 edition of Educational Dealer magazine. For 18 months in 1860 and 1861, the Pony Express performed one of the most amazing feats of the Old West. A group of daring young riders and fast horses delivered the mail over 1,800 miles-from Missouri to California-in just 10 days! Learn how they rode day and night to connect the West with the East. This book includes: • Founders of the Pony Express • Need for Mail Service • Prime Ponies • Pony Express Stations • What's in that Mailbag? • Famous Riders • Takeover by the Telegraph • Hands-on Activities • Reproducible Activities • Glossary • Fascinating Facts • Timeline • And Lots More! The Pony Express is perhaps the most compelling story of America's "can do" spirit that shares not only the History of a still "wild and wooly" West but a prime example of the ingenuity and "stick-to-it" determination that built this country. Grab your saddle-and ride along with the Pony Express in the fun, informative, and "just can't put it down" book!

Supreme Court, The

Supreme Court, The
Author: Mari Schuh
Publisher: Bellwether Media
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2020-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1618919636
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The Supreme Court is the highest court in the land! The nine Supreme Court justices study the Constitution to make sure laws are fair. Their rulings guide all other courts throughout the United States. In this title, leveled text and interesting photos introduce beginning readers to the nation’s highest court. Added features show how the branches of government work together, outline the requirements for the job, and ask readers to answer a thought-provoking question.

This Land is My Land

This Land is My Land
Author: James R. Skillen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2020-08-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0197500714
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Among American conservatives, the right to own property free from the meddling hand of the state is one of the most sacred rights of all. But in the American West, the federal government owns and oversees vast patches of land, complicating the narrative of western individualism and private property rights. As a consequence, anti-federal government sentiment has animated conservative politics in the West for decades upon decades. In This Land Is My Land, James R. Skillen tells the story of conservative rebellion-ranging from legal action to armed confrontations-against federal land management in the American West over the last forty years. He traces the successive waves of conservative insurgency against federal land authority-the Sagebrush Rebellion (1979-1982), the War for the West (1991-2000), and the Patriot Rebellion (2009-2016)-and shows how they evolved from regional revolts waged by westerners with material interests in federal lands to a national rebellion against the federal administrative state. Cumulatively, Skillen explains how ranchers, miners, and other traditional users of federal lands became powerful symbols of conservative America and inseparably linked to issues of property rights, gun rights, and religious expression. Not just a book about property rights battles over Western lands, This Land is My Land reveals how the evolving land-based conflicts in the West since the 1980s reshaped the conservative coalition in America-a development that ultimately helped lead to the election of President Donald J. Trump in 2016.