in 2001, President George W. Bush nominated him to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, widely considered the most important intermediate appellate court in the country. Roberts' initial nomination was never voted on by ...
Jackson sat in the same chair used by Chief Justice John Marshall in the 19th century as she was formally introduced to the court. For the first time in the Supreme Court's 233-year history, a majority of the justices are not white men and it's the first time four women are ser...
“If you watched the confirmation hearings for his nomination to be chief justice of the Supreme Court, you know why the Left hates him. Without notes, Roberts, aconstructionist, schooled every single one of the Judiciary Committee’s far-Left senators on constitutional jurisprudence. Having someon...
•NC-Sen: As a bonus addition to their NC-Sen poll from last week, PPP took a look at both sides’ primaries too. On the Democratic side, undecideds rule the day; SoS Elaine Marshall does have the lead, beating former state Sen. Cal Cunningham 29-12 (with 5 for Kenneth Lewis and...
U.S. Court of Appeals and Supreme Court Nomination In January 2003, President George W. Bush nominated Roberts for a position on the U.S. Court of Appeals. He was confirmed in May by voice vote with little opposition. During his two-year tenure on the court, Roberts wrote 49 opinions ...
Born November 22, 1940—Terry Gilliam, 82. He’s directed many films of which the vast majority are firmly genre. I think I’ve seen most of them though I though I’ve not seenThe Man Who Killed Don Quixote,Tideland,The Zero TheoremorThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. I’ve seen eve...
Hanson is said to have not enjoyed the role at first, but that doesn’t sound surprising considering the level of hands-on work he took part in before his nomination. Hanson’s time in office was short-lived due to the nature of the term limits. He was sworn in on November 5th, ...
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Although many Whig mere-bets, like Preston, Talmadge, Johnson, and Marshall, really sympathized with Mr. Tyler, only a few, commonly known as "the corporal's guard," openly recognized him as their leader. But the Democratic members came to his support as an ally against the Whigs. The ...
But he was just as vehement in his opposition to the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, although many black people – particularly Georgians – disagreed. Unlike some other black notables, Lewis refused to participate in Louis Farrakhan’s 1995 Million Man March in Washington. ...