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Recent legal challenges to the "So help me God" codicil, stated by US Presidents when sworn in, have highlighted what is really constitutional and what is mere tradition.

Hippocrates of Cos was said to have lived sometime between 450 BCE to 380 BCE. He was a physician.

A handful of farm labourers stood up for their rights, were punished but emerged triumphant

Lord Baltimore is told by the Virginia council that to be allowed to stay he must take an oath of supremacy, but refuses.

A group of deputies met on June 20, 1789, in a tennis court to establish the foundations of the French Republic. This action established the National Assembly.

This article will help students to learn the names and order and dates of office of American Presidents, as well as facts about the office of President.

In 1755, almost 10,000 French settlers were expelled from the Acadia area of Canada because they refused to take an oath of allegiance to the British government.

Applying for American citizenship requires renunciation of a prior citizenship, but US dual citizenship is recognized and legal. How is this possible?

A 2003 positive steroid test may cause legal trouble for Sammy Sosa given his March 17, 2005 testimony before Congress. He is not the only one with perjury problems.

Sonnet 152 is the final sonnet that directly addresses the "dark lady"; it is quite fitting that it closes with the same complaint he has long issued against the woman.

Washington assumes that Congress has the authority to directly regulate the doctor patient relationship. Is there validity to that assumption?

Glencoe, in the Highlands of Scotland, is best known for two things, its stunning scenery and the brutal events of 1692.

There should be a Hippocratic Oath for poets. If poets were held to anything near the standard of physicians, there would be far less doggerel in the world.

The Border Laws held sway in the Border Lands of England and Scotland for over three centuries. It was at the 'Day of Truce' that the felons were put on trial.

1066 is arguably the most famous year in English history. But though it is well known, how well known are the actual events that unfolded?

In front of dignitaries and a crowd of millions, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States and the first African-American to take this oath.

Powerful words resonated through Barack Obama's inauguration day, when the politician took the oath of office as the United States' 44th president on Jan. 20, 2009.

What are the subjects doing in the paintings of these French artists and where can visitors see these paintings today?

The President of the United States is considered to be the most powerful individual in the world. The principal source of this power is Article II of the US Constitution.

Following economic despair, King Louis XVI calls for a meeting of French representatives. During the meeting, the National Assembly is founded and the Revolution began.

Georgian Wicca, while less well-known in the Wiccan religion, has been around long enough to have established itself as a driving force for Craft unity.

When you think of Greece, you think of the Parthenon. It remains today the ideal of Classical architecure and artistic design.

The Constitution's Article VI covers three items: outstanding debt, prohibition of religious tests for office, and federal law's power over state law.

New England ancestors of the 1600s are often referred to in old land and civil court records as being a "freeman". What does this mean?

The festival of Shavuot (Shavu'ot or Shavuos), on 22-24 May 2007, commemorates the giving of the Law of Moses on Mount Sinai.

I'tikaf or Seclusion in the Mosque is to stick to something whether good or bad and to block everything else out of your life. A time for Allah only.

Challenging Abraham Lincoln's reconstruction policies, the Wade-Davis bill sought to severely limit political participation by rebellious Southern white males.

The president of the United States has been inaugurated at noon on January 20 since 1937 when the Constitution was given the 20th Amendment, changing it from March 4.

George Calvert, the first Lord of Baltimore, visits Newfoundland then visits Jamestown, Virginia. He tangles with the secretary of the Virginia council William Claiborne.

January 1868 was the date for a major Samurai rebellion in Japan & restoration of Emperor ruler. This new regime marks start of Japanese Westernization & Modernization.

You may or may not know that there is a tremendous shortage of nurses and that shortage is expected to continue to grow as Baby Boomers hit retirement age.

The pledge of allegiance contains the words under God. A recent court case sought to exclude those words from the pledge. The importance of those words is debated.

The tensions that began to build in the previous week's episode exploded on Friday night as Lieutenant Gaeta and Tom Zarek put their plan into action .

The tensions that began to over flow in the previous episode, The Oath, finally erupted in this week's episode, Blood on the Scales.

David Atchison never campaigned for president, was not inaugurated and slept most of what some consider the most important day of his life-the day he was president.

Nearly 350,000 non-German volunteers from no less than 16 occupied countries served willingly in Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS combat units from 1940-1945.

During the 5th century B.C., many buildings of the Agora were devoted to the political and legal process that was democracy, or government of the people.

The National Constituent Assembly was established in 1789 and lasted two years, helping to establish the foundations of the French Revolution.

These 42 passengers bound for Virginia were primarily men between ages 16 and 36. There were only eight women aboard.

Students are not always naturally inclined to love poetry. In honor of National Poetry Month, check out these poems.

Republican presidents have chosen seven of the current justices. Justice John Stevens is 88 and has served 33 years. How many will serve that long or to that age?

Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, best known for setting the bomb that nearly killed Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944, is considered one of Germany's 20th-century heroes.

The only no-frills event amid all the ceremonial extravagance of President-elect Barack Obama's historic inauguration will be the final exit of President George W. Bush.

Not much is known about the Free India Legion recruited by Subhas Chandra Bose in Nazi Germany and Japan to fight for the cause of independent India in World War II.

The interest in Senator Obama's 2001 interview with Chicago Public Radio is well placed. The Supreme Court should not break free from Constitutional constraints.

Celebrate Father's Day with a ceremony to knight Dad and knightly activities. Then you'll really have a reason to say, "Yes, sir" and call him, 'Sir Dad.

Characters and plot summary for the opera Der Vampyr (The Vampire) by Heinrich August Marschner, with a libretto by Wilhelm August Wohlbrück based on "The Vampyre."

The unforeseen consequences in membership to the Delian League and how Athens established imperialistic control over her allies.

Centuries ago political disputes were invariably settled by the sword rather than anything as civilized as diplomacy. Why has Glencoe become etched in folklore?

Mistletoe was revered by the ancient Druids both magically and medicinally. It's possible that modern mistletoe traditions have their roots in ancient beliefs.