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Michigan governor changes stand on display of Ten Commandments

February 14, 2005 12:55:00 PM

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm backed off her earlier support for displaying the Ten Commandments in the state Capitol, and said on Monday that she now believes such a display would be unconstitutional. On Friday, the governor had...

January 3, 2005 08:41:00 PM

Mercier et al. v. Fraternal Order of Eagles, US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, January 3, 2005 [ruling that the sale to a private organization of land containing a Ten Commandments monument in a La Crosse Wisconsin public...

January 3, 2005 04:34:00 PM

Overturning a lower court ruling, the US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a split decision Monday that the sale to a private organization of land containing a Ten Commandments monument in a La Crosse Wisconsin public park...

December 15, 2004 10:47:00 AM

A circuit court judge in rural Alabama created a constitutional stir Tuesday by wearing a robe embroidered with the text of the Ten Commandments on the bench and insisting on carrying on with a trial despite objections by an...

October 12, 2004 02:00:00 PM

McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky, petition to the US Supreme Court for writ of certiorari . Read the petition here ,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States.

Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.