Today, all eligible members of the LGBTQ+ community are allowed to serve in America’s military. However, it hasn’t always been that way. The treatment of queer people in the armed forces has a fraught history.
Over the past two months, we have added more than 700 new articles to the Law Journal Library with updates to 188 existing journals and three new active serials.
On May 19, 1536, the citizens of London gathered around a scaffold at the Tower of London, where the swift chop of a sword brought an end to the life of Anne Boleyn, the second of King Henry VIII’s six wives. Her crime? Failure to bear a son.
What happens when no presidential candidate wins a majority in the Electoral College? The election goes to the House of Representatives, and things get a little messy.
As of January 1, 2024, Mickey Mouse is in the public domain—well, kind of. Mickey’s journey from the Magic Kingdom to public domain re-wrote U.S. copyright law.
Did you know there is this super secret corner in the Law Journal Library called the Tortured Poets Department? It’s a hidden gem for all you Swifties out there, but instead of Taylor Swift lyrics, we’re talking about some seriously poetic legal stuff.
Oh, the Furby. Kind of cute, kind of weird. Occasionally highly annoying. Also, a spy? At least, the National Security Administration thought so.
Before 1970, most Americans weren’t aware that anything was wrong with the environment. That all changed in 1970, when activists across the country came together for Earth Day, which became the largest one-day protest in all of world history.
Occasionally, the scientific community undertakes a task that is so important that it requires an international effort. One of these was the Human Genome Project—an effort to identify and sequence all 3 billion base pairs that make up human DNA.
Over the past two months, we have added more than 7,200 new articles to the Law Journal Library with updates to existing journals and newly added journals. This includes 10 new active serials.
