Supreme Court
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- March 1952: Government Appeals ‘Banshee’ Ruling to Supreme Court, Argues for Claims of Executive Privilege
- Mid-April 1970: Ford Attempts to Impeach Supreme Court’s Douglas as Act of Political Vengeance
- Between May and Late 2006: CIA Bans Use of Waterboarding
- June 2003: Supreme Court Unlikely to Reopen ‘Reynolds’ Case, Experts Believe
- June-July 1983: Future Chief Justice Advocates Expanded Presidential Powers
- June-September 2004: Three Federal Courts Rule ‘Partial-Birth Abortion’ Ban Is Unconstitutional
- June 1988: Supreme Court Upholds Independent Counsel Law
- 1936: Supreme Court Rules that President Has Wide Powers to Conduct Foreign Affairs
- 1944: Supreme Court Upholds Order Forcing Japanese-Americans into Internment Camps
- November 2003: Lawyers for Terrorist Suspect Inquire about ‘Reynolds’ Reopening
- February 2009: National Security Council Legal Adviser: Decision to Create Military Commissions a ‘Process Failure’ with Serious Long-Term Ramifications
- 10:00 a.m. December 1 - 4, 2000: US Supreme Court Overrules Florida Supreme Court’s Ruling on Florida Recounts
- December 2005: Chief Justice Names Cheney Supporter to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
- December 2008: Five Algerians Released from Guantanamo, Tell of Beatings, Sleep Deprivation, Force-Feeding
- 1896: ’Plessy v. Ferguson’ Case Establishes ‘Separate but Equal’ Doctrine in US Law
- 1921: Supreme Court Weakens Campaign Finance Laws
- 1932: Supreme Court Rules in ‘Scottsboro’ Case that African-American Defendants Given Inadequate Representation
- 1942: Roosevelt Uses Military Commission to Try Nazi Saboteurs
- 1952: US Supreme Court Reaffirms Doctrine Underlying Rendition
- Early 1994 - October 1995: Texas Republican Campaign Operative Mounts Harsh Campaign to Pack Alabama Supreme Court with Republicans, Alleges Vote Fraud and Vote Theft
- (Late July) 2007: OLC Issues Secret Memo Explicating Torture Methods
- Mid-2004 and After: Wisconsin Right to Life Group, Lawyer Challenge Campaign Finance Restrictions
- Mid-to-Late November 2000: Supreme Court Justice, Clerks Find Idea of Deciding Presidential Election in Court ‘Inconceivable’
- January-June 2004: OLC Head Goldsmith Battles Cheney Aide Over Detention of Terror Suspects
- November 1987: Ginsberg Withdraws Nomination for Supreme Court