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Category Archives: judicial branch

Mrs. Adam’s “NH Government” PART 3: State Judicial Branch (GUEST POST)

Introducing the branch of government that helps us figure out how laws work:

Posted byMarek29 April, 201529 April, 2015Posted ingovernment, guest artist, judicial branch, Mrs. Adams' "NH Government Comics"Tags:courts, crime, government, judicial branch, state governmentLeave a comment on Mrs. Adam’s “NH Government” PART 3: State Judicial Branch (GUEST POST)

Sabbath Hawks (Weare)

What a difference a century of Holy Sundays can make!

Posted byMarek27 January, 201330 January, 2013Posted in1600-1699, 1800-1899, chicken, colonial, eagle+hawk, hunting, judicial branch, Massachusetts, sabbath, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:Edward Gove, hawk, hunting, Josiah Gove, sabbath, weareLeave a comment on Sabbath Hawks (Weare)

Young Chase at Keene

Tragedies, travels, & teenage failures of one of New Hampshire’s most powerful exports…

Posted byMarek28 November, 201230 December, 2012Posted in1800s, 1810s, 1820s, Connecticut, Cornish, death, education, glass, hiking, judicial branch, Keene, Roxbury, Salmon P. Chase, SOURCE=Griffin, SOURCE=roadside markers, sources, VermontTags:Keene, nh, Salmon P. ChaseLeave a comment on Young Chase at Keene

Wooley v. Maynard (1977)

US Supreme Court justices argue their opinions in this 1977 FIRST AMENDMENT case… (And yes, they actually DO advocate bumper stickers as a means of exercising your constitutional rights!)

Posted byMarek14 October, 20121 January, 2013Posted in"Live Free or Die", 1970s, constitution, David Souter, judicial branchTags:constitution, freedom, government, license plates, live free or die, rights, speech, supreme court1 Comment on Wooley v. Maynard (1977)

Live Free in Court

The story of the NH state motto takes a surprising turn: Are you free to NOT display it?

Posted byMarek12 October, 201216 October, 2012Posted in"Live Free or Die", 1970s, constitution, executive branch, government, judicial branch, Lebanon, religionTags:constitution, constitutional, court, freedom, license plates, live free or die, maynard, motto, police, wooley5 Comments on Live Free in Court

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