In United States law, the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, together with that Amendment's Free Exercise Clause, form the constitutional right of freedom of religion.The relevant constitutional text is: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion... The Establishment Clause acts as a double security, prohibiting …

The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution.The speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House and is simultaneously its presiding officer, de facto …

The Government of the State of New York, headquartered at the New York State Capitol in Albany, encompasses the administrative structure of the U.S. state of New York, as established by the state's constitution.Analogously to the US federal government, it is composed of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.The head of the executive is the governor.

Lincoln is the name for several proposals to create a new state in the Northwest United States.The proposed State has been defined in multiple ways, but can generally be said to be coterminous with the region known as the Inland Northwest.The proposed state was named in honor of Abraham Lincoln, who was president during the American Civil War.His name had …

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters is located in Southeast Washington, DC. Examples of other shore establishment types are Coast Guard Sectors (which may include Coast Guard Bases), Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC), Coast Guard Stations, Coast Guard Air Stations, and the United States Coast Guard Yard. Training centers are included in the ...

This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Washington. Notes: This list is in a tabular format, with columns arranged in the following order, from left to right: Athletic team description (short school name and nickname), with a link …

Washington. West Virginia. Abortion in West Virginia is banned unless necessarily to save the life or health of a pregnant woman, if the fetus has a fatal fetal anomaly, or if the pregnancy is the result of rape and reported prior to 11 weeks gestation. Wisconsin. In 2013, Act 37 was passed into law, necessitating admitting privileges for all ...

The 2004 United States presidential election was the 55th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004.The Republican ticket of incumbent President George W. Bush and his running mate incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney were elected to a second term, defeating the Democratic ticket of John Kerry, a United States senator from Massachusetts …

This is a list of islands that are part of Washington state. Island Name (Selected Islands) County Name Area (miles²) Estimated Population 2019 Population 2010 Population Change 2010-2019 Notes Aleck Rocks San Juan 0 0 0 Alegria / Little Double Island San Juan 0 0 0 Allan Island:

An expedition of French Protestants founded the colonial settlement of Charlesfort in 1562 on Parris Island off the coast of South Carolina. Jean Ribault and his party of French Huguenots settled an area in the Port Royal Sound area of present-day South Carolina. Within a year the colony failed. Most of the colonists followed René Goulaine de Laudonnière south and founded …