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 | | Gilpin was appointed United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1832, and Solicitor of the United States Treasury in 1837. | | | Williams was nominated to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1873, but was never confirmed. | | | He was United States attorney for Massachusetts from 1959 to 1961, and in 1961 served as a special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States. |
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http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/ls/agbiographies.htm
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| | Anthony Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Raich case, he joined the liberal members of the court in permitting the federal government to prohibit the use of medical marijuana, even in states in which it is legal, thus invalidating a California law that made the use of medical marijuana legal. | | | Judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | | | Texas which invalidated criminal prohibitions against homosexual sodomy under the United States Constitution (overturning the Court's previous contrary ruling in 1986's Bowers v. |
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| | Judge Samuel Alito nominee Supreme Court by George Bush Associate Justice United States Supreme Court</title> |
| | (born January 27, 1955) is the seventeenth Chief Justice of the United States. | | | John Roberts follows in the footsteps of former Chief Justice Warren Burger who was also elevated to the position of Chief Justice directly from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. | | | In 1996, a federal appeals court agreed with Olson and Hopwood that the university's policy was unconstitutional. |
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http://www.nelsonideas.com/judge-sandra-oconnor/supreme-court-retires.html
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| | History - US District Court NH |
| | John L. Hayes Clerk of this Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Hampshire | | | In 1846 Nathan Clifford was appointed Attorney General of the United States by President Polk. | | | From 1838 to 1843 he was a representative in the United States House of Representatives. |
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| | Understanding the Federal Courts |
| | Each justice is assigned to one of the courts of appeals for emergency responses. | | | The Supreme Court receives and disposes of about 5,000 cases each year, most by a brief decision that the subject matter is either not proper or not of sufficient importance to warrant review by the full court. | | | ) One justice is appointed as the Chief Justice and has additional administrative duties related both to the Supreme Court and to the entire federal court system. |
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| | United States (1994), Ginsburg wrote the Court's opinion reversing a criminal conviction for "willfully violating" a prohibition on "structuring" cash transactions so as to avoid a reporting requirement applicable to transactions involving more than $10,000. | | | Victory would require persuading a majority of the Supreme Court that sex-based legal classifications should be scrutinized much more closely by the courts than other government choices. | | | In her view, the equal protection principle stated in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits discrimination based on race, should bar gender-based discrimination as well. |
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| | Although Scalia's views are not endorsed by a majority of the Court, he is having an effect--as in the Court's more circumspect use of legislative history. | | | Another example is his dissent from the majority of the Court when it upheld the validity of a mandatory drug-testing program for customs employees, explaining that in his view it violated the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. | | | One example is his support for the Court's holding that flag burning is a form of political expression protected under the First Amendment, despite his deep personal contempt for flag burners. |
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| | United States Supreme Court |
| | The United States Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices. | | | Those cases may begin in the federal or state courts, and they usually involve important questions about the Constitution or federal law. | | | This page is maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the U.S. Courts. |
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| | Speech at the American Bar Association Annual Meeting, August 9, 2003 |
| | In the United States it is about 1 in 143. | | | Whatever the explanation, it is my hope that after those with experience and expertise in the criminal justice system study the matter, this Association will say to the Congress of the United States: "Please do not say in cases like these the offender must serve five or ten years. | | | This is your justice system; these are your prisons. |
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http://www.supremecourtus.gov/publicinfo/speeches/sp_08-09-03.html
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| | Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court |
| | He also won a major Supreme Court case in which the Court declared that restrictive covenants that barred blacks from buying or renting homes could not be enforced in state courts. | | | He argued that the right to an education should be regarded as a "fundamental" constitutional right, and that state policies that have the effect of discriminating on the basis of wealth should be subject to especially searching judicial scrutiny. | | | Exclaiming "Oh, Thurgood!" Chief Justice Rehnquist embraced Justice Marshall in a bear hug. |
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http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/tmarsh.htm
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| | SUPREME COURT SEMINAR |
| | Constitutional adjudication in the United States as a means of advancing the equal stature of men and women under the law. | | | Adding an economic reactionary to the Supreme Court: high costs of the Ginsburg nomination. | | | Supreme Court discourse on the good behavior of lawyers: leeway within limits. |
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http://www.dsl.psu.edu/library/lrr/guides/supct/ginsburg.html
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| | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | | | PHOENIX – Chief Judge Mary M. Schroeder today announced a rule amendment increasing the size of en banc courts convened by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to resolve important issues of law within the circuit. | | | Messages sent to this address are never forwarded to court personnel |
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| | The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| | Since the start of the 1970s, Supreme Court Justices, in common with judges on other courts, have become increasingly aware of a sea change in United States society. | | | From 1981, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's first Term on the Court through 1997, 162 women and 446 men were hired. | | | Over the next few months, the Supreme Court heard argument in the Civil Rights Cases, which yielded a judgment striking down the Civil Rights Act of 1875, an Act Congress passed to ensure equal treatment for all persons in various public accommodations. |
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| | Press Release - November 12, 2002 |
| | A Special Session of the Court will be held in the Courtroom at 3 p.m. | | | Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist will respond on behalf of the Court. | | | Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson and the Attorney General of the United States John Ashcroft will address the Court. |
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| | t r u t h o u t - Marjorie Cohn Aggressive War: Supreme International Crime |
| | Virtually every Western democracy has ratified the treaty of the International Criminal Court, except the United States. | | | He also said: "If certain acts in violation of treaties are crimes they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them, and we are not prepared to lay down a rule of criminal conduct against others which we would not be willing to have invoked against us." | | | The only two situations where the UN Charter permits the use of armed force against another state is in self-defense, or when authorized by the Security Council. |
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| | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, S. Hrg. 103-715, Nomination of Stephen G. Breyer to be an Associate ... |
| | PDF 125 KB Excerpt from title 28, United States Code, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure: §455. | | | PDF 327 KB Excerpt from title 28, United States Code, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure: §455 Disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate | | | PDF 1.10 MB Letter from Douglas I. Foy, executive director, Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, MA, June 30, 1994 |
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| | BBC NEWS Americas US Supreme Court justice resigns |
| | In a three-sentence letter of resignation to Mr Bush, Ms O'Connor described her 24-term tenure on the court as "a great privilege". | | | Ms O'Connor, 75, has often cast the deciding vote on the nine-member court, leading some US commentators to call her the most powerful woman in America. | | | Bush's choice for the top court is seen as a staunch conservative |
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| | CNN.com - Transcripts |
| | Let's get some more now on the nomination of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. | | | I actually introduced him some 15 years ago, before he went onto the circuit court. | | | BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, Judge Alito's legal credentials are certainly impressive, but what most legal analysts are looking at right now is what he brings to the court ideologically. |
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| | The Justices of the Supreme Court |
| | He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1975. | | | In 1971, he became Deputy Attorney General, and in 1976, Attorney General of New Hampshire. | | | He served in the United States Navy 1942-45, and was a law clerk to Justice Wiley Rutledge of the Supreme Court during the 1947-48 Term. |
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| | Thurgood Marshall Biography, Brown v. Board of Education, Landmark Supreme Court Cases |
| | Marshall believed that the Constitution was inherently defective in its acceptance of slavery and gave much credit to those who "refused to acquiesce in outdated notions of 'liberty,' 'justice,' and 'equality,' and who worked to better them. | | | Diagram of How the Case Moved Through the Court System | | | How a Dissent Can Presage a Ruling: The Case of Justice Harlan |
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| | FindLaw Constitutional Law Center: Supreme Court: Justices: Sandra Day O'Connor |
| | Our free service connects you to lawyers who can help you with your case. | | | Use the Thomson Legal Record to access a lawyer's litigation record, articles and more! | | | Find a Lawyer: Our free service locates Bankruptcy, Criminal, DUI, Family, Immigration, Personal Injury, Real Estate, or Trademark lawyers in your area who can help you with your legal issues. |
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http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/justices/oconnor.html
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| | Thurgood Marshall Biography |
| | Marshall was asked by the United Nations and the United Kingdom to help draft the constitutions of the emerging African nations of Ghana and what is now Tanzania. | | | Board of Education of Topeka, landmark case that demolishes legal basis for segregation in America | | | Before his subsequent nomination to the United States Supreme Court in 1967, Thurgood Marshall won 14 of the 19 cases he argued before the Supreme Court on behalf of the government. |
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| | U.S. Chamber of Commerce - October 31 - Chamber Praises Timely Nomination of Samuel Alito as Supreme Court Associate ... |
| | The Supreme Court has an enormous impact on the way America does business, making it extraordinarily important that the Chamber weigh in with its views on court proceedings. | | | WASHINGTON, D.C.—The United States Chamber of Commerce praised President Bush for his timely nomination of Samuel Alito to replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. | | | “Alito has experience arguing before the Supreme Court, he has authored more than 700 judicial opinions as an appellate court judge and he has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate twice. |
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| | AllRefer.com - John Marshall Harlan, 1833–1911, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (Supreme Court, ... |
| | John Marshall Harlan, 1833–1911, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Biographies | | | John Marshall Harlan 1833–1911, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1877–1911), b. | | | AllRefer.com - John Marshall Harlan, 1833–1911, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (Supreme Court, Biography) - Encyclopedia |
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| | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary |
| | Guidelines for the Nomination Hearing of John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (76k) | | | Media Advisory: Public Pass Guidelines for the Nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr., to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
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| | Nominated by President Reagan as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; took oath of office September 26, 1986. | | | General counsel, Office of Telecommunications Policy, Executive Office of the President, 1971-72; chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States, 1972-74; Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U. Department of Justice, 1974-77. | | | Nominated by President Reagan to U. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; took oath of office August 17, 1982 |
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| | Brandeis Papers |
| | While Brandeis was on the Supreme Court, he wrote most of his letters in long-hand and kept no copies. | | | The Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941) Papers at the University of Louisville reflect the varied personal and professional interests of a Louisville native, Boston attorney, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. | | | This final series is a 1978 accretion to the Brandeis papers from the Justice's former law firm. |
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| | Welcome to the White House |
| | President Bush has announced Judge Samuel A. Alito as his nominee to be Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. | | | President Bush on Monday said, "...This relationship is important because the United States has a strong partner in peace. | | | The President is committed to keeping the promise of Social Security for today's retirees and those nearing retirement and strengthening Social Security for our children and grandchildren. |
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| | Welcome to Cincinnati Law |
| | on the Pursuit of Justice in Chile, March 31, 2005 | | | Faculty, Students Discuss Supreme Court at Constitution Day Event | | | Professor Solimine Appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Development |
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