Indictments for illegal contributions to DeLay PAC [TX] News
Indictments for illegal contributions to DeLay PAC [TX]

State of Texas v. Westar Energy et al., September 21, 2004 [grand jury indictments against Westar and others for making illegal campaign contributions in 2002 to Texans for a Republican majority, a PAC associated with US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay]. Read the indictments here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery

On September 3, 1838, abolitionist and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore by posing as a free sailor and boarding a train bound for Philadelphia. Read Douglass' 1881 tract My Escape from Slavery.

Allies enter World War II with declarations of war against Germany

On September 3, 1939, World War II began for the Allies when the United Kingdom, France, New Zealand, and Australia declared war on Germany after it invaded Poland.
Learn more about the Second World War from the History Channel.