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SCOTUS holds conference days when the Justices meet privately to discuss cases argued earlier and they may vote on petitions for review. In order for SCOTUS to grant such a review, FOUR justices must vote to accept the case. Recent

A delegation of 13 Democratic House members wrote Justice Gorsuch asking that recuse himself for the case being heard next week December 10.  Since, Gorsch did recuse himself.  The case is Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. v. Eagle County,

Secretary Degenfelder released the ACT scores for students who are seniors in high school.  Their average score–19.1– is higher than the average of other states which require all enrolled students to take the test.  However: Some students take SAT instead

The election of 1824 saw four major candidates:  John Q Adams, James Monroe, Henry Clay and John Calhooun, William Crawford.  December 1, 1842 was the only time that the House decided the presidency:  John Q Adams or James Monroe.

Chinese immigrant laborers helped build the transcontinental railroad.  Did you know that 20,000 Chinese came and that they were 90% of the workforce?  The railroad was finished the same year that WY women were given the vote, 1869.  What followed

In 2022, Sen. John Cornyn (Texas-R) and Rep. Tom Cole (Oklahoma-R) sponsored legislation than was quickly called a “Trojan horse.”  It would authorize $1B yearly for grants to develop more civics education that would not only balance the STEM emphasis

December 9, 2024, will be the third summit since 2022. This article, together with a fact sheet from the White House, teaches us just how rich the collaboration has been these past four years. Read the fact sheet.   Read more>>>

The Dole bill was nine votes short of unanimous in the US House.  The calendars below indicate the working days remaining in this 118th Congress–three weeks and one day for the Senate.  The new Congress will be seated on January