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U.S. Timeline - The 1950s

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Kefauver Committee Preliminary Report, February 28, 1951

SECOND INTERIM REPORT OF THE SPECIAL SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ORGANIZED CRIME IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE FEBRUARY 28 (legislative day, JANUARY 29), 1951. Ordered to be printed Mr. O'CONOR (for Mr.

History Photo Bomb

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Eisenhower, and General Patton in Castelvetrano, Sicily, December 8, 1943. By 1952, Eisenhower would become president. Courtesy National Archives.

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ABH Travel Tip

A visit to Eisenhower National Historic Site should not be missed if you are visiting Gettysburg. Its home and farm evoke the time of the general and his wife, with period furnishings and tales of not only his presidency and the meetings with world and national leaders at the farm, but his life in Gettysburg and prior to that, in World War II.

What was the Supreme Court ruling in Farmer v. Inmate?

The Supreme Court ruled that when there were allegations of the use of excessive physical force against an inmate, the deciding factor would be whether force was used in a good-faith effort to maintain discipline or, to the contrary, maliciously and sadistically to cause harm. What did Farmer v.

Why is aversive treatment impermissible?

Lower federal courts held that aversive treatment to control disruptive behavior was cruel and unusual and therefore impermissible and that an inmate could be required to attend classes, against his will, in order to achieve a justifiable rehabilitative goal of the state to attain literacy among inmates.

What is the purpose of Section 1983?

It is legislatures that provide for the method of execution in each jurisdiction. True or False: An inmate who is sentenced to death may use Section 1983 to challenge the specific procedures (claiming they will cause unnecessary pain and suffering) that will be used to carry out the execution. True.