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Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2006-2007 Term
Supreme Court Rules Against Considering Race to Integrate Schools: Bitterly divided court rules, 5-4, that programs in Seattle and Louisville, Ky., that tried to maintain diversity in schools by…Women's Suffrage: The Woman's Hour that Never Came
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Two Amendments and Many WomenThe Invisible EnemyThe Woman's Hour that Never CameThree years were consumed in the process of writing the…Dartmouth College Case
(Encyclopedia) Dartmouth College Case, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1819. The legislature of New Hampshire, in 1816, without the consent of the college trustees, amended the charter of 1769…bilingual education
(Encyclopedia) bilingual education, the sanctioned use of more than one language in U.S. education. The Bilingual Education Act (1968), combined with a Supreme Court decision (1974) mandating help…Simon, Herbert Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Simon, Herbert Alexander, 1916–2001, American social scientist and economist, b. Milwaukee, grad. Univ. of Chicago (B.A., 1936, Ph.D., 1943). A professor of computer science and…Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2001–2002 Term
Statute of Limitations Stands (Nov. 13, 2001): Court holds unanimously that any violation of Fair Credit Reporting Act, including improper disclosure of consumer credit information, must be…Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2002–2003 Term
Court Upholds Copyright Extension (January 15, 2003): Justices, 7–2, rule that Congress acted with constitutional authority when it extended by 20 years all existing and future copyrights.…Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2004–2005 Term
Court Declares Sentencing Guidelines Unconstitutional (Jan. 12, 2005): In the first part of a two-part ruling in United States v. Booker, Court rules, 5–4, that federal sentencing guidelines…Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr. Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr. əlēˈtō [key], 1950–, U.S. government official and judge, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (…Women's Suffrage and the Constitution: Table of Contents
IntroductionChapter I Why the Federal Amendment?Table of ContentsCHAPTER I Why the Federal Amendment? By Carrie Chapman Catt - PAGE There are seven reasons…Trending
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