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IBD'S TOP 10.(A)
Justice O'Connor Steps Down
1Sandra Day O'Connor, 75, the first woman on the Supreme Court and a moderate who often controlled the outcome on abortion, affirmative action and other issues, announced her retirement after 24 years. O'Connor, nominated by President Reagan, generally favored states in disputes with the federal gov't and ruled for enhanced police powers. More on this page
Battle Looms For Bush Nominee
2President Bush said he would nominate a Supreme Court justice fast enough to fill the vacancy by the time the court resumes work in Oct. It's been 11 years since the last opening on the court. Democrats are poised to oppose any conservative pick that could swing the balance of power. It's not clear if Bush will pick a social or business conservative. More on this page
Crude Roars Back To Near $59
3After falling $4.04 over the prior 3 days, Aug. crude jumped $2.25 to $58.75 a barrel, rising above $59 intraday ahead of the long holiday weekend. Heating oil futures set a new high as gasoline futures also jumped. Still, despite hitting an intraday record of $60.95 on Monday, crude ended the wild week down $1.09. More on B15
Manufacturing Picked Up In June
- EMBATTLED developer Liam Carroll's lawyers spent the bank holiday weekend...
- Newspaper article from: Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) August 4, 2009 700+ words
...s lawyers spent the bank holiday weekend trying to come up with new evidence that will enable the Supreme Court to give his crumbling property...February to convince the Supreme Court to reverse a High Court...examinership. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled First ...
- Still grateful after all these years. (First Arguments at the Supreme Court of...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Appellate Practice and Process Tchen, Christina M. March 22, 2003 700+ words
...and- take that is a Supreme Court argument, I understood...no cold panels at the Supreme Court. So that's what led...strangers, experienced Supreme Court practitioners who gave up their holiday weekend to help a novice prepare...
- Obama picks Sonia Sotomayor for the supreme court.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire May 26, 2009 700+ words
...the balance of the Supreme Court, which has a conservative...conservatives on the Supreme Court and four liberals...second woman on the supreme court and only the third...1995. Obama spent the holiday weekend at the presidential...
- Civil Rights Leaders to React to the Center for Individual Rights' Amicus...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 16, 2003 700+ words
...filing in the University of Michigan affirmative action Supreme Court case. Participants will address the decision's legal...available for comment anytime through the Martin Luther King holiday weekend. CONTACT: Jessica Reed, +1-202-530-0566, ext...
- MARKETS LOSE STEAM AFTER HOLIDAY WEEKEND.(BUSINESS)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) May 29, 1996 700+ words
...profit-taking as trading turned lifeless after the long holiday weekend. With many traders taking the entire week off and weekend...offset some of the concerns. Tobacco stocks fell after the Supreme Court turned down an industry appeal to withhold computer data...
- Democrats look to delay vote on Alito; MLK holiday weekend cited despite...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times January 14, 2006 700+ words
...increasingly inevitable confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr., despite...him. "I have been involved in many Supreme Court nominations but, frankly, none more...for Judge Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court. [Photo by AP] Panelists prepared...
- CLINTONS' HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS FULL OF SUN, FUN, IDEAS THE PRESIDENT RELIES ON...
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) January 1, 1995 700+ words
...day stay. But first, the party. This was no ordinary New Year's get-together, not when the invitation list included Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, singer Mary Chapin Carpenter, comedian Al Franken, Dartmouth College president Jim Freedman and...
- Supreme Court Justices Unknown to Most Americans, Says New Survey.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 10, 2006 700+ words
...Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court, most Americans draw a blank...of the current members of the Supreme Court. Fifty-seven percent of Americans can't name any current Supreme Court justices, according to a new...