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13Apr
2015

This Day in History: Remembering Lincoln’s Assassination

The following  entry from Judge Milton Hirsch’s Constitutional Calendar sheds light on the altruistic acts of Major Henry Reed Rathbone, a U.S. military officer and diplomat who was present at the assassination of ...

06Apr
2015

This Week in History: The Titanic Voyage

West Palm Beach criminal defense lawyer Kelly V. Landers recalls significant events that occurred this week in history. On April 11, 2007, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper dropped all charges in the Duke Lacrosse ...

30Mar
2015

This Week in History: Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated

West Palm Beach criminal defense lawyer Kelly V. Landers recalls significant events that occurred this week in history. On March 30, 1981, U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by John Hinkley, Jr. On April 1, ...

23Mar
2015

This Week in History: Senate Censured President Andrew Jackson

Featured photo, above: President Andrew Jackson, circa 1860 (Source: Creative Commons). Jackson’s name has been associated with the spread of democracy, in terms of the passing of political power from established elites ...

16Mar
2015

This Week in History: The Public Defender System is Created

West Palm Beach criminal defense lawyer Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On March 17, Happy St. Patrick’s Day! On March 18, 1963 Gideon v. Wainwright was decided ...

10Mar
2015

This Week in History: Jack Ruby Found Guilty of Killing Oswald

West Palm Beach criminal defense lawyer Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful voice transmission over telephone ...

02Mar
2015

This Week in History: Death Penalty Ruled Unconstitutional for Juveniles (2005)

West Palm Beach criminal defense lawyer Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On March 1, 1875 Congress passed the Civil Rights Act. On March 1, 2005 Roper v. Simmons, the Death ...

23Feb
2015

This Week in History: Landmark Case Marbury v. Madison (1803)

West Palm Beach criminal defense lawyer Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On February 22, 1732 George Washington was born. On February 23, 1840, two U.S. Naval officers filed ...

16Feb
2015

This Week in History: Female Lawyers Permitted to Argue Before Supreme Court

In 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court. Shown above is Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman Supreme Court Justice, who resigned in 2005 ...

09Feb
2015

This Week in History: McCarthy Targets ‘Communists’ in Government

West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls significant events that occurred this week in past years. On February 9, 1950 U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy accused more than 200 State Department employees of ...