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
- FEBRUARY 25, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. Army Judge Proposes 2022 Trial in Guantánamo’s Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri Case
USA - Military. Army Judge Proposes 2022 Trial in Guantánamo’s Abd al-Rahim al-Nashirig Case
- FEBRUARY 21, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Justice Sotomayor writes a devastating rebuke of conservative colleagues’ callousness and fealty to Trump.
USA - Justice Sotomayor writes a devastating rebuke of conservative colleagues’ callousness and fealty to Trump.
- JANUARY 28, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Row USA Fall 2019: Death row prisoners continue to decline
USA - Death Row USA Fall 2019: Death row prisoners continue to decline
JANUARY 24, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nevada. Paul Browning becomes the 168th person exonerated from death row.
USA - Nevada. Paul Browning becomes the 168th person exonerated from death row.
JANUARY 3, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Death Sentences Decline by More than Half in Decade of the 2010s.
USA - Death Sentences Decline by More than Half in Decade of the 2010s.
- JANUARY 1, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
To date, the death penalty no longer exists in 18 of the 50 U.S. States
To date, the death penalty no longer exists in 18 of the 50 U.S. States
- JANUARY 1, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pfizer Blocks the Use of Its Drugs in Executions.
USA - Pfizer Blocks the Use of Its Drugs in Executions.
- DECEMBER 20, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Row USA Summer 2018
USA - Death Row USA Summer 2018
- DECEMBER 17, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC 2019 Year End Report
USA - DPIC 2019 Year End Report
- DECEMBER 15, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The Death Penalty in 2019: A Year of Incredible Progress, Marred by Unconscionable Executions.
USA - The Death Penalty in 2019: A Year of Incredible Progress, Marred by Unconscionable Executions.
- DECEMBER 11, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Indiana Marks 10 Years Without an Execution.
USA - Indiana. Indiana Marks 10 Years Without an Execution.
DECEMBER 10, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: SUPREME COURT RULING HALTS SCHEDULED FEDERAL EXECUTIONS
The United States Supreme Court on December 6, 2019 denied an application by the U.S. Department of Justice to lift a federal court injunction blocking the federal government from carrying out four executions scheduled for December 2019 and January 2020.