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SPECIAL COURTS Bodies within the judicial branch of government that generally address only one area of law or have specifically defined powers. The best-known courts are courts of general jurisdiction, which have unlimited trial jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, within their jurisdictional... Read more
Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas 1948-, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1991-), b. Pin Point (Savannah), Ga. Raised in a poor family, he graduated (1974) from the Yale Law School and became a prominent black conservative active in Republican causes. He chaired the Equal Employment Opportunity... Read more
Antonin Scalia Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia 1936-, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1986-), b. Trenton, N.J. He graduated from Harvard Law School (1960) and subsequently taught law at the Univ. of Virginia (1967-71) and the Univ. of Chicago (1977-82). In 1982, President Reagan named him to the federal Court of... Read more
Horace Gray Horace Gray
Horace Gray 1828-1902, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1881-1902), b. Boston. At first a reporter (1854-61) to the Massachusetts supreme court, he later entered into law practice. Originally a member of the Free-Soil party, he became a Republican. After an unsuccessful... Read more
Confirmation hearings Confirmation hearings
THOMAS CONFIRMATION HEARINGS THOMAS CONFIRMATION HEARINGS. On 28 June 1991, Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court, sent his resignation to President George H. W. Bush. Three days later, the president nominated Clarence Thomas, another African American, to... Read more
John Glover Roberts Jr John Glover Roberts Jr
John Glover Roberts, Jr. 1955-, American public official, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2005-) b. Buffalo, N.Y., grad. Harvard (B.A. 1976, J.D. 1979). He clerked (1980-81) for Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist before serving in the Reagan administration as special assistant to... Read more
Federal Courts Federal Courts
FEDERAL COURTS The U.S. judicial tribunals created by Article III of the Constitution, or by Congress, to hear and determine justiciable controversies. The Constitution created the Supreme Court and empowered Congress, in Article I, Section 8, to establish inferior federal courts. The authority... Read more
Justiciary Court Justiciary Court
Justiciary Court (Scotland). The High Court of Justiciary is the supreme criminal court in Scotland. It was established in 1672, and consisted of the lord justice general, the lord justice clerk, and five of the lords of Session. From 1887 all lords of Session have been lords commissioners of... Read more
William Butler Hornblower William Butler Hornblower
HORNBLOWER, WILLIAM BUTLER William Butler Hornblower was a noted corporate and trial lawyer who was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court but failed to win confirmation. Hornblower was born May 13, 1851, in Paterson, New Jersey, with an unusually distinguished family background. His... Read more
Anthony McLeod Kennedy Anthony McLeod Kennedy
Anthony McLeod Kennedy 1936-, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1988-), b. Sacramento, Calif. He graduated from Stanford Univ. (1958) and Harvard Law School (1961). For many years (1965-88) he taught at the McGeorge School of Law at the Univ. of the Pacific. He was named to the U.S.... Read more

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ANITA HILL TO TALK ABOUT THE POWER TO BE HEARD WOMAN AT CENTER OF MAELSTROM...
Newspaper article from: The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) ...the U.S. Supreme Court nominee. For Hill, as well as for Thomas, they've been...the accusations. Thomas aligned himself with...Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court and refuses...went to work for Thomas as special counsel...forward when Thomas was nominated to the ...
Supreme Court Justice Thomas Publishes Memoir
Transcript from: Special Report with Brit Hume (FOX News) ...BREAK) HUME: The Supreme Court today opened its...Justice Clarence Thomas, is for the first...sexual harassment.Thomas also details his...Clarence Thomas was nominated by the first President Bush to the Supreme Court, he had no...
NOW to Fight Thomas's Confirmation; NEA Also Expresses `Grave Concern' Over...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, and delegates to the National...anniversary in New York said Thomas's views would imperil women...politically." Robert H. Bork was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1987 by President...
Bush Picks Thomas for Supreme Court; Appeals Court Judge Served as EEOC...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...to the Supreme Court. "I'm through...Bush Supreme Court nominee who remains...ascends to the court to weaken that...Kennebunkport, Maine. Thomas restricted his...ever see the Supreme Court, not to mention be nominated to it," Thomas somberly said...
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN SENATORS HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE NOMINATION OF JUDGE...
News Wire article from: Political Transcript Wire ...OF JUDGE JOHN ROBERTS TO THE SUPREME COURT JULY 28, 2005 SPEAKERS: U...Senate in preparation of the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Roberts...makes. In 1992, when Clarence Thomas was nominated to the Supreme Court, I was the only Democratic...
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN SENATORS DEMOCRATIC WOMEN SENATORS HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON...
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service ...OF JUDGE JOHN ROBERTS TO THE SUPREME COURT JULY 28, 2005 SPEAKERS: U...Senate in preparationof the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Roberts...makes. In 1992, when Clarence Thomas was nominated to the Supreme Court,I was the only Democratic...
Edward Thomas for Supreme Court
Newspaper article from: Michigan Chronicle ...s highest court.The Sunday...many years.Thomas' brother...tochange our Supreme Court...uswho were nominated by the Democratic...Supreme Court justices...terms of the Supreme Court because...are three nominated by the RepublicanParty, three nominated ...
Still Keeping Score; Clarence Thomas remains bitter about his confirmation...
Magazine article from: Newsweek ...position as a Supreme Court justice merits more...Fletcher make clear in "Supreme Discomfort," a new biography, Thomas has yet to get his...the same way about Thomas? Why can't Americans...the second black Supreme Court justice. But...George H.W. Bush nominated ...
6 nominated for Utah Supreme Court vacancy
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) ...retirement of Utah Supreme Court Justice...selected by the Utah Supreme Court Nominating...state's high court.The pool of...vacancy, said Utah Courts spokeswoman Nancy...following are nominated: David M. Connors...2nd District Court, earned a law...District ...
Hometown Wellwishers Take Bus To Breakfast With a Favorite Son; Supporters...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...say anything. With the nomination of Thomas to the Supreme Court looking a little bit more like an election...group's 45-minute breakfast with Thomas. Since President Bush nominated him to the Supreme Court a month ago, the White House has...

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