Robert Smalls, born enslaved in South Carolina, stole the CSS Planter and delivered it to Union troops. After the Civil War, Smalls was elected to the South Carolina legislature and later to the U.S. Congress where he served 5 terms during and after Reconstruction.
The 22nd Amendment, which established term limits for the Presidency of the United States, passed with some bipartisan support.
The Senate voted to acquit former President Trump of charges of inciting the January 6th attack on congress. Although Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed that Trump was legally culpable for a "disgraceful dereliction of duty", he concluded that the Senate is unable to convict former officials. The Senate had previously held it has the power to do so.
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Due to suspicions that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. voted to invade the Middle Eastern nation in 2002.
