Supreme Court
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Su·preme Court
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the highest judicial court in most U.S. states.
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(in full U.S. Supreme Court)
the highest federal court in the U.S., consisting of nine justices and taking judicial precedence over all other courts in the nation.
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A supreme justice.(Justice Stanley G. Feldman, Arizona Supreme Court)(Testimonial)
Magazine article from: Albany Law Review; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...December of 2002, the Arizona Supreme Court lost an exceptional justice when Stanley G. Feldman...long tenure, the Arizona Supreme Court became one of the nation's most respected state supreme courts, due in significant part...
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A court of supreme justice or just White supremacy?
Newspaper article from: Michigan Chronicle; 10/27/1998; 700+ words
; ...because the court practices equal...because the court embraces all...history of the Supreme Court, no...the current justices have only hired...but one Chief Justice. It is a court...justice reigns supreme. It is a court...heard. It is a court that ...
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Courting 'Supreme' Justice?
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 9/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...the Supreme Court's two courtrooms...and Wales, the court will allow its...be the first Justices of the Supreme Court. Anthony...will be the 12th Justice and first to...the office of Justice. Lord Phillips...Although the new Justices will be ...
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DPR NOT TO DELAY FIT AND PROPER TEST ON SUPREME JUSTICE CANDIDATES.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 6/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...prospective supreme court judges received by...said after attending a supreme court consultative...list of 12 prospective supreme justices the Judicial Commission...submitted to the House. Supreme chief justice Bagir Manan explained...
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Thurgood Marshall: our Supreme Justice. (Obituary)
Magazine article from: Black Enterprise; 4/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...stacked with conservative justices. His tenacious opposition to the Court's conservative tilt...reversing a previous Supreme Court ruling on capital punishment...he brought before the courts. Most historians would...was the NAACP's 1954 Supreme Court victory in Brown ...
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Supreme Justice; Monument to Marshall Counters a Statue of Limitations
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/23/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...to Thurgood Marshall, the late Supreme Court justice. They were counterbalancing a...also a Marylander, was the Supreme Court justice who wrote the Dred...century before being named to the Supreme Court in 1967. "I believe that...
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Supreme Justice.(Supreme Court)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The New Leader; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...both sitting on the Supreme Court." The reference was...Justice Earl Warren and Justice William J. Brennan...preferred. The late Justice Harry A. Blackmun...current Court has seven justices named by Republican...appointments. But if this Supreme Court term has ...
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Va. Supreme Justice Barbara Keenan honored for a litany of firsts and years of service.
Newspaper article from: Virginia Lawyers Weekly; 5/25/2009; ; 700+ words
; Byline: Alan Cooper Supreme Court Justice Barbara Milano Keenan...appointment as the second female justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia produced...judicial system. (Fellow Supreme Court Justices Lawrence L. Koontz Jr. and...
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Supreme justice lands in favor of Bush.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 12/13/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...bitterly divided U.S. Supreme Court dealt an apparent death...the judgment of the Supreme Court of Florida ordering...a stinging dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens said...return to Florida's Supreme Court to seek a remedy...said soberly. Several justices delivered ...
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Supreme Justice.(Government Activity)
Magazine article from: Cable World; 5/29/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...the common good, the Supreme Court last week struck down...Act. In 1997, the Supreme Court invalidated the...importantly, five of the nine Justices agreed for the first...broadcast media," wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy...And even though the Supreme Court may be on ...
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Succession of Supreme Court Justices
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
Succession of Supreme Court Justices This table...succession of justices on the Supreme Court. Read vertically...justices constituting the Supreme Court has varied. Initially...raised the number of justices to nine, where it has...William Strong, the first ...
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Supreme Court Justices
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Supreme Court Justices Supreme Court Justices (including dates on bench) Chief Justices John Jay 1789-95 John Rutledge 1795 Oliver Ellsworth 1796-1800 John Marshall 1801-35 Roger B. Taney 1836-64 Salmon P. Chase 1864-73 Morrison R...
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Supreme Court Packing Bills
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...number of justices at six...pack the courts, including the Supreme Court, with Federalist...recognized court-packing...way to the Supreme Court, four...economy. Two justices, Chief Justice Charles Evans...the Supreme Court with ...
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Supreme Court, U.S.
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...cases the court below decided...lower federal courts are deciding...preferences of the Supreme Court justices, the justices...stand. The Court is far more...of the lower courts. While determining...the U.S. Supreme Court plays...
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Supreme Court
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...provide funding for it. A supreme court usually consists of five...justices. In the federal courts, the justices are appointed for life, whereas...governor will appoint a state supreme court justice, and then he will stand for...
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