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Did Ralph Nader win any electoral votes in 2008 election?
Ralph Nader took 695,084 votes, but did not win any states.
How did George W. Bush win the president election 2000 despite loosing the popular vote?
Bush won the electoral vote despite losing the national popular vote. George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election defeating Albert Gore, Jr. In the 2000 presidential election George W. Bush received 271 (50.5%) electoral votes and Albert Gore, Jr. received 266 (49.5%) electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Gore 50,996,582 (50.3%) and Bush 50,456,062 (49.7%). Green Party candidate Ralph Nader won 2,882,955 popular votes. Nader did not receive any electoral votes.
What US Supreme Court ruling held military tribunals could not try civilians when civilian courts were open?
Ex parte Milligan, 71 US 2 (1866)"Military commissions organized during the late civil war, in a State not invaded and not engaged in rebellion, in which the Federal courts were open, and in the proper and unobstructed exercise of their judicial functions, had no jurisdiction to try, convict, or sentence for any criminal offense, a citizen who was neither a resident of a rebellious State nor a prisoner of war, nor a person in the military or naval service. And Congress could not invest them with any such power."Ex Parte Milligan case of 1866
Which Republican presidents did not serve in the military?
Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Franklin Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Calvin Coolidge, Warren Harding, Woodrow Wilson, William Taft, Grover Cleveland, Martin Van Buren, John Q. Adams and John Adams saw no military service of any kind.Several others served only in state militia or reserve units.
What military branch does president control alone?
Section Two of Article Two of the Constitution "Military Powers: The President shall be commander in chief of the army and navy of the united states, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States; he may require the opinion, in writing, of the principle officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in the cases of impeachment."
