On this day in 1857, the United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories, there by negating the doctrine of popular sovereignty and severely undermining the platform of the newly created Republican Party.
Requirement of an environmental impact statement for every major federal project which includes incorporation of the public and stakeholder comments and concerns
<span>They kept communications open between the front lines and the headquarters of the American forces.</span>