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David Turnbull • 2 cards
Of all the archaic rules and customs and precedents that had made the Senate of the United States an obstacle to progress, the seniority system had been the strongest. For decades men had been saying that no one would ever be able to change the seniority system. Lyndon Johnson had changed it in two weeks.
Robert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
Leadership
Marcelo • 1 card

Loper Bright overrules a Reagan-era Supreme Court decision known as Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council (1984), which held that when a federal statute delegating policymaking authority to an agency is ambiguous, courts typically should defer to the agency’s reading of that statute rather than trying ... See more
Thompson, tireless and unrelenting, brought her case to the Minnesota Court of Appeals. There her lawyers argued eloquently that it was “astonishing” that a judge would issue an order that would “have the effect of limiting Sharon Kowalski’s contact with Thompson and the love Karen feels for her.” The lawyers demanded to know, “In what moral framew
... See moreLillian Faderman • The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
People v. Long
The defendant appeals a trial court order finding his continued detention necessary due to charges of criminal sexual assault, citing a real threat to safety and community under statutory authority.
ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.netWithin minutes of Moro’s resignation there were signs that support for Bolsonaro was sliding, with “deafening pot-banging protests erupting in major Brazilian cities, including in strongly pro-Bolsonaro areas of Rio de Janeiro. ‘Fora Bolsonaro! Fora Bolsonaro!’ (‘Bolsonaro out!’), dissenters cried from their windows and balconies as they pounded th
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