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Supreme Court Cases Proceedings of the Trial of Susan B. Anthony Trial and Speeches of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman The Declaration of Independence of The United States of America Opening…

Henry Hyde, 1998 News

Republican representative from Illinois, is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Hyde's committee has the responsibility of leading the impeachment inquiry on President Clinton,…

Abdul Rahman, 2006 News

Afghan man, faced the death penalty for converting to Christianity from Islam, a move considered apostasy and punishable by death under Islamic law. International leaders urged Afghan…

Charles Pickering, Sr., 2002 News

trial judge, was denied a promotion to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by the Senate Judiciary Committee in March. Democrats, who hold a majority on the committee,…

Kenneth Starr, 1998 News

independent counsel in the Whitewater investigation since Aug. 1994, delivered a 445-page report on President Clinton to the House Judiciary Committee on Sept. 9. The historic report, which…

Coleen Rowley, 2002 News

chief counsel of the FBI's Minneapolis field office, who, in a 13-page memo, outlined how FBI headquarters thwarted agents' attempts to investigate Zacarias Moussaoui, the alleged 20th…

John Conyers Biography

John ConyerspoliticianBorn: 5/16/1929Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan A lawyer and former assistant to Rep. John Dingell, Conyers was first elected to Congress in 1964. He was the first Black to chair…

Stephen G. Breyer

Stephen Gerald Breyer has been an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court since 1994. A native of San Francisco, Stephen Breyer earned undergraduate degrees from Stanford University in…

John Ashcroft, 2003 News

U.S. attorney general, was widely criticized for seeking sweeping new powers to track down terrorists. Civil libertarians and increasingly, the courts, have condemned the compromise on civil…

The Supreme Court: Marshall Court

Marshall CourtThe Supreme CourtMarshall CourtMarshall Steps InTaking ControlEmpowering the National Government The Supreme Court honors historical lawgivers in its main chamber. Biblical…