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		September 30, 2016

Documents on the organization and powers of the executive branch, presidential policies, current and past presidents. Search text for presidency Browse Documents on the Court's organization and powers, landmark cases, constitutional law, current and past justices. Search text for Supreme Court Browse Documents on Congress's organization and powers, the legislative process, policy, current and past members. Search text for Congress Browse Documents on the U.S. electoral process, political parties and campaigns, voting rights and trends. Search text for elections Browse   Documents on the U.S. Constitution and the rights and issues it has shaped for over two centuries. Search text for Constitution Browse   Because Harry Truman's middle initial, S, stood for nothing, editors have debated for years whether to put a period after it. Asked about it in 1985, Truman's daughter, Margaret, told advice columnist Abigail Van Buren ("Dear Abby"), "My father always put a dot after the letter 'S'; that's why it appears on the cover of the biography I wrote about him." (Maybe so, but the period is not visible in the signature reproduced with his official photograph.)  more...

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