Albert B. Fall, secretary of the Interior under Warren G. Harding, was acquitted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government, along with oilman Edward Doheny and his son, Edward Doheny Jr.
Nov 1, 2018 12:45 AM CDT
Harry Sinclair, multimillionaire oil mogul (left), and his counsel Martin Littleton attend the Teapot Dome hearing. Photo by Harris & Ewing/Library of Congress.
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Wartime radio propagandist Iva D’Aquino was pardoned by President Gerald Ford in 1977. She died in 2006 at age 90.
Oct 1, 2018 12:20 AM CDT
Charlie Chaplin was the subject of intense FBI scrutiny, public attacks by influential politicians, defamatory press accounts, national boycotts by citizenship groups, and criminal charges tied to his relationship with a young actress.
Sep 1, 2018 1:15 AM CDT
The government’s crusade against Chaplin was one of the first uses of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Photo by Cinematerial.com
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Justice Antonin Scalia joined Justice William Brennan’s majority opinion in a case that probed tensions between free speech and patriotism.
Aug 1, 2018 1:00 AM CDT
Photograph by Gordon Galbrath/Shutterstock.com
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The Enrollment Act of 1863 required male citizens between ages 20 and 45 to register for conscription. In New York, 119 died after a mob halted a conscription lottery that exempted black men and wealthy whites.
Jul 1, 2018 12:35 AM CDT
Baseball’s reserve clause allowed total team control of a player’s career. Baseball’s hold on the American imagination and control of player contracts allowed it to survive the 1919 Black Sox scandal, the Great Depression, segregation, franchise relocations and two major U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
Jun 1, 2018 12:35 AM CDT
Curt Flood pauses on June 1, 1970, in front of Federal Court in New York City, where his legal challenge of baseball’s reserve clause resumed. Flood balked at being traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies and sued organized baseball for $3 million in damages. Photograph by AP Photo.
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Sen. Charles Sumner was caned in U.S. Senate chambers. Rep. Preston Brooks took violent exception to a speech on slavery and unrest in the Kansas Territory.
May 1, 2018 12:30 AM CDT
Five months before ‘The Fugitive’ first aired, F. Lee Bailey challenged the extraordinary 1954 trial and conviction of Dr. Sam Sheppard, on whose case the TV series was based.
Apr 1, 2018 12:45 AM CDT
Defense attorneys William Corrigan and Arthur Petersilge with Dr. Sam Sheppard in court in 1954. Associated Press photo.
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“Typhoid Mary” Mallon was linked to 53 cases of typhoid fever, including three deaths.
Mar 1, 2018 12:45 AM CST
Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry lent his name to the gerrymander, a legislative effort to apportion political jurisdictions.
Feb 1, 2018 12:40 AM CST
A state-sanctioned land grab tested issues of state sovereignty and federal power in the newly independent United States. Claims under the Yazoo Land Act ultimately were resolved by the Supreme Court in Fletcher v. Peck.
Jan 1, 2018 1:00 AM CST
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme commander for Allied powers, authorized a military tribunal for Hideki Tojo, Japan’s penultimate leader during much of the war. He was later convicted for his part in war crimes and sentenced to death.
Dec 1, 2017 12:45 AM CST
On Nov. 25, 1933, U.S. v. One Book Called Ulysses went before Judge John Woolsey, who had spent his summer reading Ulysses. He was perplexed and intrigued by its narrative style When civil liberties lawyer Morris Ernst argued that author James Joyce’s intent was to replicate the meandering consciousness of everyday life—however mundane or obscene—Woolsey took his point.
Nov 1, 2017 12:30 AM CDT
When three Mississippi civil rights workers were shot dead, local law enforcement declined to pursue the case. Then the FBI moved in.
Oct 1, 2017 12:30 AM CDT
Bottles of Extra-Strength Tylenol were laced with cyanide. The murders had an enduring impact on public health and perceptions of corporate responsibility.
Sep 1, 2017 1:00 AM CDT
In 1982, bottles of Extra-Strength Tylenol are tested with a chemically treated paper that turns blue in the presence of cyanide. AP Photo
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