One of Nixon's greatest achievements.
Nixon's greatest achievement was president was to open diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. Before Nixon, the US and China had had no diplomatic relations. Nixon felt that relations with China could help to put pressure on the Soviet Union. Therefore, he embarked on a secret intiative to open relations with them.
The Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty does not violate the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment, but the Eighth Amendment does shape certain procedural aspects regarding when a jury may use the death penalty and how it must be carried out.
The following was an immediate cause of the Panic of 1837: The federal government stopped accepting paper money for the purchase of land. The following was an immediate cause of the Panic of 1837: The federal government stopped accepting paper money for the purchase of land.
