Commentaries by Jason A. Coats

Making Sense Of Investigations Into Intelligence Reports Regarding Efforts Against ISIS

January 1, 2016 10:46:52 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Jason Coats of the US Naval War College discusses the investigations into the legitimacy of reports concerning ISIS...On December 11, the Chairmen of three House of Representatives committees—the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), the Armed Services...

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Nineteenth Amendment ratified

On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, establishing women's suffrage, was ratified by the states. Learn more about the Nineteenth Amendment.

IOC bars South Africa over Apartheid

On August 18, 1964, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred South Africa from participating in the Summer Olympics due to the country's Apartheid policy. The nation would not be reinstated until 1992. Learn more about the banishment of South Africa by the IOC from the BBC.