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Ginsburg, Ruth Bader
(Encyclopedia) Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933–2020, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1993–2020), b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Joan Ruth Bader. A graduate (1954) of Cornell, she attended Harvard Law…zoning
(Encyclopedia) zoning, legislative regulations by which a municipal government seeks to control the use of buildings and land within the municipality. It has become, in the United States, a…The Supreme Court: Starting the Abortion Debate
Starting the Abortion DebateThe Supreme CourtBurger CourtPolitical Firestorm That FizzledDethroning a PresidentStarting the Abortion DebateActivism Takes Over the Court Long before Roe v.…Women's Suffrage: The Supreme Court Speaks
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Struggle for the Thirty-Sixth StateTennesseeThe Supreme Court SpeaksMany eminent lawyers were convinced that even should the Federal…Super Heavyweight (Unlimited)
Year Final Match1904 Samuel Berger, USA Decision1908 Albert Oldham, GBR KO, 1st1920 Ronald Rawson, GBR Decision1924 Otto von Porat, NOR Decision1928 Arturo Rodriguez Jurado, ARG Stopped,…Agostini v. Felton (1997)
Case SummaryA federal district court and Court of Appeals ruled against New York City, stating that the city could not have public school teachers provide supplemental instruction to…Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
Historical BackgroundPerhaps no other case decided by the Court in the 20th century has had so profound an effect on the social fabric of America as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. By…interest
(Encyclopedia) interest, charge for the use of credit or money, usually figured as a percentage of the principal and computed annually. Simple interest is computed annually on the principal. Compound…airline industry
(Encyclopedia) airline industry, the business of transporting paying passengers and freight by air along regularly scheduled routes, typically by airplanes but also by helicopter. Ferdinand Graf von…The Supreme Court: Arresting Rules
Arresting RulesThe Supreme CourtArresting RulesLimiting Forced MedicationConfessing Illegally When arresting people and getting them ready to stand trial, police must carefully follow rules…Trending
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