Legal News for Weds 4/16 - DOJ Sues Maine Over Transgender Athlete Policy, Schumer Seeks to Block Prosecutor Pick, IRSS Threats to Harvard, and Student NIL Income Tax Exemption
This Day in Legal History: Rush-Bagot Treaty
On April 16, 1818, the United States Senate ratified the Rush-Bagot Treaty, a landmark agreement with Great Britain that fundamentally reshaped security along the U.S.-Canada border. Negotiated in the aftermath of the War of 1812, the treaty aimed to de-escalate military tensions between the two nations by significantly limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. Specifically, it allowed each country to maintain only a single military vessel on Lakes Ontario and Champlain and two vessels on the upper Great Lakes, each restricted…
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