Court preacher to Louis XIV of France, Bossuet was a strong advocate of political absolutism and the divine right of kings. He argued that government was divinely ordained and that kings received sovereignpower from God. He was also an important courtier and politician.
The works best known to English speakers are three great orations delivered at the funerals of Queen Henrietta Maria, widow of Charles I of England(1669), of her daughter Henriette, Duchess of Orléans(1670), and of the outstanding military commander le Grand Condé (1687).
Its a federal law intended to check the president's power<span> to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.</span>
The 13th Amendment banned slavery and all involuntary servitude, except in the case of punishment for a crime. ... The 15th Amendment prohibited governments from denying U.S. citizens the right to vote based on race, color, or past servitude.
