Timeline for When was murder first made a federal crime?
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| Feb 4, 2017 at 22:20 | vote | accept | temporary_user_name | ||
| Feb 4, 2017 at 16:29 | comment | added | ohwilleke | @Aerovistae It helps, in the case of this question, to know that the U.S. Constitution was adopted in 1789 and that Congress passed skeletal laws on almost every subject in that first session of Congress. Also, it isn't obvious that the national government under the Articles of Confederation that were in place from 1776 to 1789 gave the national government the power to enact laws of this type. | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 16:10 | comment | added | user6726 | Look up "US Code" on Wiki (which contains the current law), learn about earlier Revised Statutes, fail to find a useful copy online, try Statutes at Large; luck out and find a complete collection. Google is magical. | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 7:13 | comment | added | user4657 | A lot of research is just knowing where to look, and you often get that by not knowing where to look, but doing it anyway. | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 6:34 | comment | added | temporary_user_name | How did you find this? I'm still learning how to research law. | |
| Feb 4, 2017 at 6:34 | history | edited | K-C | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
It is at pages 112-113 of the original document's numbering. (231 of the pdf though)
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| Feb 4, 2017 at 6:14 | history | answered | user6726 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |