Search results for "Chief Justice of the United States" - New World Encyclopedia
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- January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African-American to ... ideas took many years to come to any sort of fruition, his tenure as the ...24 KB (3,985 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- Building or "Castle" on the National Mall serves as the ... been held by the current Chief Justice of the United States. The affairs ...22 KB (3,235 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- Federalist No. 3, titled "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning ... law when he served as Chief Justice of the United States two years later ...17 KB (2,445 words) - 01:54, 26 March 2024
- 2023) was an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice ... moderate political views, O'Connor was the crucial swing vote of the ...45 KB (6,555 words) - 21:58, 19 December 2023
- James Buchanan (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the fifteenth ... to James Buchanan and Elizabeth Spear as the second of ten children. The ...17 KB (2,451 words) - 21:06, 20 March 2024
- The term Christus Victor (meaning "Victorious Christ") is ... This particular doctrine of the atonement attempts to explain why ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 21:44, 10 December 2023
- and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism ... Godwin held the optimistic view that every individual, as a rational ...22 KB (3,378 words) - 12:12, 8 May 2023
- Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (February 4, 1917 – August 10, 1980) was ... to maintain national unity or to resolve the ongoing dispute with India ...20 KB (3,141 words) - 10:02, 22 May 2023
- The Equal Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to ... More concretely, the Equal Protection Clause, along with the rest ...45 KB (6,808 words) - 12:57, 12 February 2022
- crime and its penalty; or grant clemency, or the lessening of the punishment ... Public debate invariable surrounds the pardoning of a criminal, despite ...35 KB (5,395 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- Robert Alphonso Taft (September 8, 1889 - July 31, 1953), of the Taft ... Taft was the grandson of Attorney General and Secretary of War Alphonso ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 02:17, 16 December 2022
- Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was ... His political leanings were conservative, which enabled him to become ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- In United States law, adopted from the Magna Carta, due process (more ... proceedings, in order for judges instead of legislators to guarantee fundamental ...45 KB (7,039 words) - 01:13, 16 January 2023
- for slavery, most famous for serving as the only president of the Confederate ... Before the Civil War, Davis served in the Mississippi legislature ...22 KB (3,305 words) - 04:35, 31 July 2022
- and politician, who, in 1957, became the first Canadian to receive ... universal health care, student loans, the Canada Pension Plan and Canada ...24 KB (3,567 words) - 22:02, 25 October 2022
- Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a sparsely populated ... The dry lands of Namibia were inhabited since early times by Bushmen ...17 KB (2,377 words) - 02:43, 11 March 2023
- – June 11, 1970) served as the second Prime Minister of the Russian ... In the aftermath of the collapse of the autocracy, hastened by Russian ...14 KB (1,980 words) - 14:26, 18 July 2023
- The Cook Islands (Cook Islands Maori: Kūki 'Āirani) are a self ... National defense is the responsibility of New Zealand, in consultation ...16 KB (2,204 words) - 02:53, 8 January 2024
- housing, or education—but also to redress the effects of past discrimination ... admissions, have been criticized as a form of reverse discrimination|right ...23 KB (3,279 words) - 20:11, 7 July 2023
- The Republic of Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, ... Liberia has recently been afflicted by two civil wars, the Liberian ...23 KB (3,221 words) - 11:02, 7 March 2023
