United States
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- federal republic with a strong federal tradition
- CONSTITUTION
- September 17, 1787, in effect from March 4, 1789
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- federal court system based on English common law. Each state has its own legal system
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. District Courts; state and county courts
RELIGIONS
51.3% Protestants; 23.9% Catholics; 1.7% Mormons; 1.6% other Christians; 1.7% Jews; 0.7% Muslims; other unspecified or no religion
From the country
- OCTOBER 23, 2018IsraelDEATH PENALTY
USA - Palestinian Authority. U.S Citizen Faces Death Penalty for Selling Jerusalem Land to Jews.
USA - Palestinian Authority. U.S Citizen Faces Death Penalty for Selling Jerusalem Land to Jews.
- OCTOBER 22, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Gallup Poll measured overall support for capital punishment at 56%
USA - Gallup Poll measured overall support for capital punishment at 56%
- OCTOBER 18, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The US is expanding its drone operations to Libya and Niger.
USA - The US is expanding its drone operations to Libya and Niger.
- OCTOBER 18, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Conservatives: The Death Penalty Makes America Less Safe.
USA - Conservatives: The Death Penalty Makes America Less Safe.
- OCTOBER 8, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - President Trump demands death penalty for cop killers.
USA - President Trump demands death penalty for cop killers.
- OCTOBER 2, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Clearance rates from "Crime in the United States, 2017"
USA - Clearance rates from "Crime in the United States, 2017"
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - More data available from "Crime in the United States, 2017" (CIUS).
USA - More data available from "Crime in the United States, 2017" (CIUS).
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal (Vermont). Judge Approves Plea Deal in Case (Donald Fell) That Challenged the Constitutionality of the Federal Death Penalty.
USA - Federal (Vermont). Judge Approves Plea Deal in Case (Donald Fell) That Challenged the Constitutionality of the Federal Death Penalty.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - FBI Crime Report Shows Murder Rates Stable in 2017.
USA - FBI Crime Report Shows Murder Rates Stable in 2017.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Row USA. Spring 2018: 2,743 on death row
USA - Death Row USA. Spring 2018: 2,743 on death row
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - End of prison strike
USA - End of prison strike
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Malaysia. An American man, Gerald Wayne Mickelson, sentenced to hang for killing ex-wife
USA - Malaysia. An American man, Gerald Wayne Mickelson, sentenced to hang for killing ex-wife