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Author(s) -
GRIER STEPHENSON D.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of supreme court history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1540-5818
pISSN - 1059-4329
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5818.2006.00144.x
Subject(s) - supreme court , law , political science , economic justice , period (music) , art , aesthetics
The year 2005 will remain notable in Supreme Court history. A nearly unprecedented period of stability in the Court's membership came to an end. The nation witnessed the appointment of a new Chief Justice, and, for the first time since 1971, a President and the Senate confronted the momentous responsibilities of two simultaneous vacancies to fill.