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Alin George Ilinca & Kamil Cabir
February 23, 2025

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⚖️ This Day in Law History

23 February 1863 — On this day in 1868, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 126–47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson, whose lenient Reconstruction policies regarding the South after the Civil War angered Radical Republicans in Congress.

24 February 1803 — In Marbury v. Madison , the U.S. Supreme Court declared an act of Congress unconstitutional, thus establishing the doctrine of judicial review.

25 February 1862 — First Legal Tender Act 1862 is passed by the US Congress, authorising the United States note (greenback) into circulation, the first fiat paper money that was legal tender in America.

26 February 1797 — The Bank of England issues the first ever one pound note, in part a result of the panic in London caused by the French invasion of Fishguard.

27 February 2023 — The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 comes into force today. From this date, 16 and 17-year-olds in England and Wales cannot marry or enter into a civil partnership, even if they have the consent of their parents or the court.

28 February 1933 — The Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the People and the State was one of a series of key decrees, legislative acts, and case law in the gradual process by which the Nazi leadership moved Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship.

1 March 2005 — In a major capital punishment case, Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to execute convicts who were under age 18 at the time of their crimes.

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