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| | United States - Encyclopedia of Political Information |
 | | The United States of America (U.S.A.), also referred to as the United States (U.S. America, or the States, is a federal republic in North America and the Pacific Ocean. | | | The United States of America consists of 50 states with limited autonomy in which federal law takes precedence over State law. | | | The contiguous part of the United States (i.e. |
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| | Chief Justice of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Two Chief Justices, Salmon P. Chase and William Rehnquist, have had the duty of presiding over the trial in the Senate that follows an impeachment of the President – Chase in 1868 over the proceedings of President Andrew Johnson and Rehnquist in 1999 over the proceedings against President Bill Clinton. | | | As a result, the Chief Justice chairs the conferences where cases are discussed and voted on by the justices. | | | The office is often but incorrectly referred to as "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court." Title 28, United States Code, Sec. |
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| | NationMaster.com - United States Profile: Crime |
| | SOURCES: Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 - 2000 (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention) | | | Encyclopedia: Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court | | | It is used when the value stated is an estimate. |
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