President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law on Tuesday, December 13 in order to protect the recognition of same-sex marriage. But what exactly does the act entail, and what does it mean—and not mean—for Americans?
Ring in the new year and celebrate all of the year’s accomplishments by pouring a glass of a bubbly beverage and checking out everything that has been added to our databases in the last month!
Although they don’t usually draw as large of a turnout as presidential elections, midterms are important in determining the agendas and priorities of the U.S. government for the next two years. Check out our recap of the results!
A year ago we updated researchers on new material that was added to State Constitutions Illustrated. Since December, 96 additional current documents have been added to 35 states. All states are up to date as of the elections of November 8, 2022.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—time for our November content release, that is! This content release is a beaut, so keep reading as we help you kick off the hap-hap-happiest month of the year.
In this month’s HeinOnline in the Classroom we focus on a particular historical document from HeinOnline’s collection: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail.” Keep reading for more about King’s letter, and for two activities that you can use in your classroom.
At the turn of the 20th century, oil and mineral rights made the Osage Nation “the richest people in the world.” Their wealth stoked greed and festered envy–and led to murder.
It’s no surprise that the path to indigenous peoples gaining citizenship and suffrage in America—a land they inhabited centuries before white Europeans—was hard-won. Using HeinOnline’s U.S. Congressional Serial Set, we take a look at this journey.
To create an authoritative case law database, HeinOnline has partnered with Fastcase, a leading next-generation legal research service that features powerful “best-case-first” tools that make case law research faster than ever.
Can you be-leaf that there are just two more months left in 2022? As the temperatures continue to drop, so does new content in HeinOnline. So grab your preferred pumpkin-spiced beverage while you check out everything we’ve added over the last month!
