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The history of direct democracy amongst non-Native Americans in the United States dates from the 1630s in the New England Colonies. [1] The legislatures of the New England colonies were initially governed as popular assemblies, with every freeman eligible to directly vote in the election of officers and drafting of laws. Within a couple of ...
A few volumes of the official 2012 edition of the United States Code. The United States Code (formally the Code of Laws of the United States of America) [1] is the official codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States. [2] It contains 53 titles, which are organized into numbered sections. [3] [4]
This is a chronological, but still incomplete, list of United States federal legislation. Congress has enacted approximately 200–600 statutes during each of its 118 biennial terms so more than 30,000 statutes have been enacted since 1789.
Establishment of the Judicial Courts of the United States. An Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States. (Judiciary Act of 1789) Sess. 1, ch. 20 1 Stat. 73: 21: September 29, 1789: Regulation of Process in the Courts of the United States. An Act to regulate Processes in the Courts of the United States. Sess. 1, ch. 21 1 Stat. 93: 22
This is a chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 57th through 106th United States Congresses, between 1901 and 2001. For the main article on this subject, see List of United States federal legislation .
This is a category of articles concerning Acts of Congress (laws enacted by the United States Congress since 1789). For more general discussion of U.S. legal topics, see Category:Law of the United States and its other subcategories.
The government said eBay's conduct violated the Clean Air Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; and the Toxic Substances Control Act. The case is U.S. v eBay Inc, U.S ...
The word "act", as used in the term "act of Congress", is a common, not a proper noun.The capitalization of the word "act" (especially when used standing alone to refer to an act mentioned earlier by its full name) is deprecated by some dictionaries and usage authorities.