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1Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act — (1930) U.S. legislation that raised import duties by as much as 50%, adding considerable strain to the worldwide economic climate of the Great Depression. Despite a petition from 1,000 economists urging Pres. Herbert Hoover to veto the act, it… …
2United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries — 86 F.2d 737 (2nd Cir. 1936) (often just U.S. v. One Package ), was a United States court case involving birth control.BackgroundIn 1873 Congress adopted the Comstock Act, which prohibited the importation or mailing of obscene matter . The law s …
3United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
4United States Senate Committee on Finance — The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance (or, less formally, Senate Finance Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It concerns itself with matters relating to the bonded debt of the United States; customs, collection… …
5United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals — The United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (CCPA) is a former United States federal court which existed from 1909 to 1982 and had jurisdiction over certain types of civil disputes. Contents 1 History 2 Judges 3 Bibliography 4 …
6United Kingdom–United States relations — Anglo American relations are used to describe the relations of the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Country comparisonHistoryOriginsThe British established a dozen colonies in the New World.… …
7List of United States federal legislation — NoTOC This is a partial list of notable United States federal legislation, in chronological order. At the federal level in the United States, legislation (a.k.a. statutes or statutory law ) consists exclusively of Acts passed by the Congress of… …
8List of tariffs in United States — This is a list of United States tariffs.* 1789: Hamilton tariff * 1790: Tariff of 1790 * 1792: Tariff of 1792 * 1816: Tariff of 1816 (Dallas Tariff) * 1824: Tariff of 1824 (Sectional Tariff) * 1828: Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations) * 1832 …
9List of United States presidential vetoes — The word veto does not appear in the United States Constitution, but Article I requires every bill, order, resolution or other act of legislation by the Congress of the United States to be presented to the President of the United States for his… …
10McBoyle v. United States — Supreme Court of the United States Argued February 26–27, 1931 Decided Marc …
