Commentaries by Warren Binford

Does America Need A Children's Bill of Rights?

November 9, 2015 10:25:35 am

JURIST guest columnist Warren Binford of Willamette University College of Law discusses the Children's Bill of Rights... Earlier this month, three House Democrats in the US Congress introduced a resolution calling for the establishment of a Children's Bill of...

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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.