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Roberts’ record in Washington impressed President George W. Bush, who nominated him to the D.C. Circuit Court in January 2003—Roberts’ third nomination to the Court. (Both Bushes had nominated him once before, though those nods had stalled before Roberts could be brought for a vote.) Roberts was confirmed 4 months later...
...decision overturned a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in MGM v. Grokster, which found that software developers Grokster and StreamCast Networks met a standard of having “substantial non-infringing uses,” citing the precedent of a Sony Corp v. Universal City Studios decision about Betamax technology in the early 1980s...
...Since George Washington placed six justices on the first Supreme Court in 1789, there have been 142 presidential nominations. In 1869 Congress expanded the Supreme Court to its current roster of one chief justice and eight associate justices who each represent one regional circuit court...
...full of quiet geniuses whose miraculous inventions are scorned at first sight. JACK KILBY, who died in Dallas last week at the age of 81, was no exception. His is hardly a household name, yet what this soft-spoken, 6-ft. 6-in. Missouri native pioneered--the integrated circuit--led us to the moon landing, personal computers, cell phones and the Internet. In short, the modern world. Back in 1958, computer circuits were expensive, unreliable, horribly slow and unlikely to get much faster given that transistors and other components had to be wired together by hand. Enter Kilby, a newly...
Except during the duke's wartime service as Governor of the Bahamas, the couple looped constantly around the international social circuit. His faintly flashy clothes and her severe elegance became fashion standards. When she stopped wearing hats, so did everyone else. Wherever they went, with their large personal staff, mountains of luggage and pet dogs, they were accorded the regal status denied them in Britain. In return they offered the world a romantic fantasy of elegance and wealth...