John Fitzgerald Otis1766
Opposes Navigation Act writs on natural law to defend privacy & property
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Opposes Navigation Act writs on natural law to defend privacy & property
The last ten of Madisons proposed amendments are ratified and become the Bill of Rights
Secretly co-authores, along with Thomas Jefferson, the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in 1798 to protest the Alien and Sedition Acts
A Tariff Act is passed favouring Northern manafacturers over Southern cotton growers
The Supreme Court rules that a child born in the United States to Chinese immigrants is a US citizen, and therefore could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act
Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain in return for 99 yr naval base leases
Burke-Wadsworth Bill, passed to provide for limited conscription
The Selective Service Act requires all men aged 18-64 register, men aged 20-44 are liable to conscription
Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing segregation in public accommodations and discrimination in education and employment
President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning, leads to widespread demonstrations
Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting
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