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February 24,
1803
Marbury v. Madison establishes judicial review
On this day in 1803, the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Marshall, decides the landmark case of
William Marbury versus James Madison, Secretary of State of the United States
and confirms the legal principle of judicial review--the ability of the
Supreme Court to limit Congressional power by declaring legislation
unconstitutional--in the new nation.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=257
February 24,
1868
President Andrew Johnson impeached
The
U.S. House of Representatives votes 11 articles of impeachment against
President Andrew Johnson, nine of which cite Johnson's removal of
Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, a violation of the Tenure of Office
Act. The House vote made President Johnson the first president to be
impeached in U.S. history.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4783
1903 - In Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an area was leased to the
U.S. for a naval base.
February 24,
1917
Zimmermann Note presented to U.S. ambassador
During
World War I, British authorities give Walter H. Page, the U.S.
ambassador to Britain, a copy of the "Zimmermann Note," a coded message
from Arthur Zimmermann, the German foreign secretary, to Count Johann
von Bernstorff, the German ambassador to Mexico. In the telegram,
intercepted and deciphered by British intelligence in late January,
Zimmermann stated that in the event of war with the United States,
Mexico should be asked to enter the conflict as a German ally. In
return, Germany promised to restore to Mexico the lost territories of
Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4784
February 24,
1982
Reagan announces Caribbean Basin Initiative
President
Ronald Reagan announces a new program of economic and military
assistance to nations of the Caribbean designed to "prevent the
overthrow of the governments in the region" by the "brutal and
totalitarian" forces of communism. The Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI)
was part of the Reagan administration's effort to curb what it
perceived to be the dangerous rise in communist activity in Central
America and the Caribbean.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2587
February 24, 1988
Supreme Court defends right to satirize public figures
The
U.S. Supreme Court votes 8-0 to overturn the $200,000 settlement
awarded to the Reverend Jerry Falwell for his emotional distress at
being parodied in Hustler, a pornographic magazine.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4786
February 24,
1991
Gulf War ground offensive begins
After
six weeks of intensive bombing against Iraq and its armed forces,
U.S.-led coalition forces launch a ground invasion of Kuwait and Iraq.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4787