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Civilliberties

1714 events in this timeline

Showing 1–50 of 1714

  1. 1792-04-19 April 19, 1792: Kentucky Constitution Allows for Convicted Criminals to Have Voting Rights Stripped
  2. 1793-07-09 July 9, 1793: Vermont Constitution Allows for Convicted Criminals to Have Voting Rights Stripped
  3. 1857-03-06 March 6, 1857: ’Dred Scott’ Decision Disallows African-Americans’ Claim to Citizenship
  4. 1864-11-21 November 21, 1864: Lincoln: Corporate Influence Threatens US Democracy
  5. 1866-04-03 April 3, 1866: Supreme Court Rules Military Tribunals Unconstitutional
  6. 1868-07-09 July 9, 1868: Fourteenth Amendment Grants Citizenship Rights to All Americans
  7. 1869-02-26 February 26, 1869: Fifteenth Amendment Gives Minority Males the Right to Vote
  8. 1873-04-14 April 14, 1873: Supreme Court Narrowly Defines US Citizenship Rights, Does Not Hold States to Federal Standards
  9. 1883-10-15 October 15, 1883: Supreme Court Refuses to Ban ‘Private’ Discrimination
  10. 1884-11-03 November 3, 1884: Supreme Court Abrogates Rights of Native Americans to Vote
  11. 1898-04-25 April 25, 1898: Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Literacy Tests
  12. 1902-08-23 August 23, 1902: Roosevelt Advocates Federal Regulation, Oversight of Corporations
  13. 1905-12-05 December 5, 1905: Roosevelt: Corporations Should Not Be Allowed to Contribute to Political Campaigns, Federal Elections Should Be Publicly Financed
  14. 1910-06-25 June 25, 1910: Major Campaign Finance Law Regulates Campaign Spending, Mandates Public Disclosure
  15. 1915-06-21 June 21, 1915: Supreme Court Overturns Oklahoma’s ‘Grandfather Clause’
  16. 1917-07-20 July 20, 1917: Minnesota High Court Denies Native Americans Right to Vote
  17. 1919-06-04 June 4, 1919: Nineteenth Amendment Grants Women Right to Vote
  18. 1920-05-26 May 26, 1920: North Dakota Gives Right to Vote to Native Americans Who Abandoned Tribal Affiliations
  19. 1922-11-13 November 13, 1922: Supreme Court Denies Naturalization to Japanese-American
  20. 1924-06-02 June 2, 1924: Federal Law Grants Native Americans Citizenship, Voting Rights
  21. 1937-12-06 December 6, 1937: Court Rules ‘Poll Tax’ Constitutional, Effectively Denies Many African-Americans Right to Vote
  22. 1939-09-08 September 8, 1939: President Roosevelt Reorganizes Executive Office of the President, Office of Emergency Management Created
  23. 1939-09-21 September 21, 1939: Roosevelt Violates Neutrality Acts, Asks Congress to Amend Law
  24. 1941-12-08 December 8, 1941: Roosevelt Asks Congress to Declare War against Japan, Germany
  25. 1943-06-25 June 25, 1943: Law Prohibits Labor Unions from Contributing to Federal Candidates
  26. 1943-12-17 December 17, 1943: Congress Repeals Chinese Exclusion Act, Paves Way for Chinese to Become Citizens
  27. 1944-12-06 December 6, 1944: Supreme Court Bars Texas Political Party from Racial Discrimination
  28. 1946-04-01 April 1, 1946: Court Rules Whites-Only Elections in Georgia Unconstitutional
  29. 1947-06-23 June 23, 1947: Taft-Hartley Act Bans Election Contributions from Banks, Corporations, Labor Unions; Restricts Union Practices
  30. 1947-07-12 July 12, 1947: Court Bars Whites-Only Primary in South Carolina
  31. 1947-07-26 July 26, 1947: President Truman Signs National Security Act of 1947
  32. 1948-10-06 October 6, 1948: B-29 Crashes in Georgia; Subsequent Lawsuit Becomes Focus of Government’s ‘State Secrets Privilege’ Assertion
  33. 1948-10-12 October 12-18, 1948: Initial News Reports Tell of Crash Flight’s Secret Mission
  34. 1948-10-18 October 18, 1948: Report Raises Possibility of Pilot Error for ‘Banshee’ Crash; Air Force Denies Possibility
  35. 1949-06-21 June 21, 1949: B-29 ‘Banshee’ Widows Sue Government, Ask to See Accident Reports
  36. 1950-06-30 June 30, 1950: Truman Claims Inherent Right of Presidency to Send Troops to War by Sending US Forces to Korea
  37. 1950-07-26 July 26, 1950: Judge Orders Accident Reports Given to Plaintiffs’ Lawyers; Air Force Refuses
  38. 1950-08-07 August 7-8, 1950: Justice Department Argues ‘National Security’ Trumps ‘Judicial Authority’ in Accident Report Argument
  39. 1950-09-14 September 14, 1950: Air Force Reduces Classification Status of Disputed Accident Reports
  40. 1950-09-21 September 21, 1950: Judge Orders Government to Give Him Classified Accident Reports, Government Refuses
  41. 1950-10-12 October 12, 1950: Judge Rules against Government in ‘Banshee’ Crash Lawsuit
  42. 1950-12-01 December 1, 1950: President Truman Establishes Federal Civil Defense Administration
  43. 1950-12-16 December 16, 1950: President Truman Establishes Office of Defense Mobilization (ODM), Declares National Emergency
  44. 1951-01-12 January 12, 1951: President Truman Signs Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950
  45. 1951-04-27 April 27, 1951: FBI Ready to Detain 14,000 Suspected Communists in Event of War
  46. 1951-10-19 October 19, 1951: Government Appeals ‘Banshee’ Ruling, Argues that Judiciary Has No Right to See Classified Documents from Executive Branch
  47. 1951-12-11 December 11, 1951: Appeals Court Rules that Executive Branch Cannot Overrule Judiciary in Claims of Privilege
  48. 1952-04-17 April 17, 1952: President Truman Signs Executive Order 10346, Orders Continuity Planning
  49. 1952-06-02 June 2, 1952: Supreme Court: President Has No Power to Seize Steel Mills; Ruling Limits Presidential Executive Power
  50. 1952-10-21 October 21, 1952: Supreme Court Hears Opening Arguments in ‘US v Reynolds’