On this day in 1877, a major turning point in U.S. history, the biggest presidential election mess ever:

Rutherford Hayes 

Wins Deadlocked Presidential Election 

Deal Ends Reconstruction - Allows Jim Crow To Begin

A Hip Huges History Summary

On this day in 1877, the Democrat Party conceded the hotly contested presidential election of 1876 to the Republicans in exchange for the complete withdrawal of federal troops from the South. This was the effective end of Reconstruction and led to Democrat majorities in all Southern states, the disenfranchisement of blacks, and the passage of Jim Crow Laws which segregated blacks from whites in public facilities in the South for approximately the next 90 years.

Harvard/Harris Poll: 3-in-4 Voters Favor ‘America First’ Immigration, Trade, War Platform from Candidates

On this day in 1971,

Weather Underground Bombs Capitol 

Because of U.S. Involvement in Laos

Howard K. Smith reports

The Art of the Deal.

NYT: Mexico's Government is Helping Trump With His Immigration Border Policies

Scott Adams Podcast # 433: How The Fake News is Working Against America

Tucker Carlson: Cohen Testimony Demolished Russian Collusion Theories

On this day in 1932,

Charles Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped - 

Trial Of The Century Follows

TOO BIG TO JAIL

KAI RYSSDAL/NPR MARKETPLACE: 

WHO GOES TO JAIL AFTER A FINANCIAL CRISIS?

PART III

Answer: No one.  Why?  The Obama admin.

NYT: A North Korean Official’s Take on Kim Jong-un: Intelligent, Bright and Merciless

Liberal Law Prof Jonathan Turley Schools Dems on Trump's National Emergency Powers

California Refused 5.6K Requests to Turn over Criminal Illegal Aliens to Federal Officials

Poll: Majority of Americans Favor a Border Wall over a Green New Deal

On this day in 1796:

Geo. Washington Called Senile 

For Negotiating Treaty With England

The Art of the Deal,

Trump Secures Over $20 Billion in Trade Deals During Vietnam Visit

TOO BIG TO JAIL

KAI RYSSDAL/NPR MARKETPLACE: 

WHO GOES TO JAIL AFTER A FINANCIAL CRISIS?

PART II

Law Prof Glenn Harlan Reynolds:

Clarence Thomas is right - Here's why Supreme Court should revisit libel law overreach

Yale Prof Stephen Roach:

Trump Admin Underestimating China's Economic Strength and Strategic Resolve

On this day in 1864,

First Union POWs Arrive at Andersonville

Notorious Confederate Death Camp

Much more background here

TOO BIG TO JAIL

Kai Ryssdal/NPR Marketplace: 

Who Goes To Jail After A Financial Crisis? 

Part I

WSJ: The Nuclear Option is the Real Green Deal

On this day in 1993,

World Trade Center Bombed 

By Radical Islamic Terrorists

                                             

On this day in 1862,

Congress Passes Legal Tender Act Allowing Use Of Paper Money ("Greenbacks") To Help Pay For Civil War

On this day in 1964,

Cassius Clay Beats Sonny Liston 

For Heavyweight Title

Male-Only Draft Held Unconstitutional

Ed Yardeni: Banning Stock Buybacks is a Bad Idea Based on Erroneous Premises

Look Out Sally Yates – Lindsey Graham Is Pissed

Longest Serving (39 Years) Wrongfully Convicted Man Receives $21M Settlement

On this day in 1991,

Bush 41 & Operation Desert Storm: 

U.S. Invades Kuwait/Iraq

Osama bin Laden Triggered

On this day in 1868,

President Andrew Johnson Impeached

Allegedly Violated Tenure of Office Act 

Which Restricted President's Right to Remove U.S. Officials

Supreme Court Later Rules Act Unconstitutional

On this day in 1803,

Marbury v. Madison

Supreme Court Unilaterally Decides It and It Alone 

Can Determine Constitutionality

A Hip Hughes History video

Tucker Carlson: Jussie Smollett pretended to be a victim because we reward victims

Law prof Jonathan Turley:

Is Mueller Uncovering Ukrainian Rather Than Russian Collusion?