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Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee tracks a rags to riches path rivaling his. The first Hispanic candidate, Judge Sotomayor, is nominated by the first Black President.

President Barack Obama's nomination of the first Hispanic to the US Supreme Court has raised the hopes of generations of Latinos, women, diabetics & American immigrants.

Theodore Roosevelt's plan to place William Taft into the Presidency as a hand-picked successor did not turn out as well as he had hoped, as Taft had a mind of his own.

From the earliest times of his career in law, William Howard Taft dreamed of being on the Supreme Court, and his life in public service served served to get him there.

U. S. Supreme Court begins the October 5, 2008 session seeming to avoid any cases that might split the court or the nation during the election season.

When President Harding appointed William Howard Taft to the Supreme Court in 1920, he helped him to fulfill a lifelong dream.

President Obama currently finds himself unable to make anyone happy no matter what he does. He is in a position similar to many other leaders throughout history.

A look at how Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts dealt with major legal issues in his first year.

Appointing the Chief Justice remains one of the only ways that Presidents can cement their ideals into history, years after they have left office.

The House of Representatives and Senate have different age and citizenship requirements, lengths of term, modes of election, and responsibilities.

In December, 1776 the British had driven Gen. George Washington and his men out of New York and across New Jersey. Things looked bleak for the Americans.

In the early years of the Republic, factionalism over Constitutional interpretation divided Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson resulting in the birth of parties.

In 1847 the Duchesse de Praslin was murdered in Paris by her husband. Popular opinion held that the governess, Henriette Deluzy, was his mistress and an accomplice.

Despite its continued controversy, Ontario's Access to Justice Act has opened the door to licensing non-lawyers to practice certain areas of law.

John F. Kennedy's Presidency lasted just under three years, but in this time he was able to achieve several victories, both foreign and domestic.

While John Adams is today remembered as having been a great President, his status was once mired by his association with the controversial policies of other Federalists.

The arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has created a chorus of officials calling for his resignation. The Governor has vowed to fight.

President Obama's nomination of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court was driven by a rigorous selection process shaped by a confluence of factors.

The threat of war, combined with the fear of foreign immigrants, prompted Congress to enact laws that placed severe restrictions on the newly won freedoms of Americans.

The United States government is built around the concept of separation of powers among three branches of government, the executive, legislative and judicial branches.

The events that led up to the ratification of the United States Constitution were challenging for the founders. Prior to the writing of the Constitution colonial America

There were fourteen men who some may consider to have been America's first Presidents, even before the time of George Washington and the Constitution.

The former governor's mansion has cold spots, phantom footsteps and eerie dolls. There are orbs and other strange images in photographs taken in its wine cellars.