91. Samuel Chase
Supreme Court Justice: Samuel ChaseSamuel Chase was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and also a signer of the Declaration of Independence as the representative from Maryland. Samuel Chase was born on April 17, 1741 in Princess Ann ...
92. William Rehnquist
Supreme Court Justice: William RehnquistWilliam Rehnquist was an American jurist, political figure, and lawyer who served as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court as well as the 16th Chief Justice. Justice William Rehnquist’s views often promoted fede ...
93. Samuel Alito
Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. is a current Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Samuel Alito was born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. He received his undergraduate degree at Princeton University and his Juris Do ...
94. United States v Neder 1999
Ellis E. Neder, Jr. fraudulently obtained bank loans and, using that money, conducted schemes involving land development fraud. Neder faced several counts of federal, wire, bank, and mail frauds. He was also charged with falsifying his federal income tax retur ...
95. Who Is William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft was the only political
officer to hold rank as the 27th President of the United States. He also later went
on to serve as Chief Justice to the Supreme Court in
1921.
Born to a
powerful family, Taft's life always revolved around ...
96. All You Need to Know About The Right to Trial By Jury
The right to trial by jury is that which stems from the both the Sixth Amendment as well as the Seventh Amendment of the United States Constitution. This sets forth procedure when dealing with criminal procedure within the court system. This right to trial by ...
97. Hugo Black
Supreme Court Justice: Hugo BlackHugo Black was a jurist and an American politician. Black represented Alabama in the United States Senate as a Democratic Senator from 1927 to 1937 and was also a justice in the United States Supreme Court between 1937 and 1971 ...
98. Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint
An underlying tension in the history of the United States
Supreme Court has been between the principles of judicial activism
and judicial restraint. In more recent American
history, opposition to judicial activism has often been voiced by politicians
...
99. Knowing the Criminal Law and Procedure
Criminal law and criminal procedure are two important issues that have received a great deal of attention in the Supreme Court of the United States. Criminal law and criminal procedure within the U.S. was initially outlined in the United States Constitution ...
100. Major Decisions-Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v.
Madison is one of the most significant court cases in United States history.
Its significance can be evaluated on different levels, however, the most
important is the fact that the case would grant the Supreme Court and the rest
of the Judicial ...