Earl Warren was an American lawyer,politician,and jurist who served as the 30th governor of California from 1943 to 1953 and as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. The Warren Court presided over a major shift in American constitutional jurisprudence,which has been recognized by many as a "Constitutional Revolution" in the liberal direction,with Warren writing the majority opinions in landmark cases such as Brown v. Board of Education (1954),Reynolds v. Sims (1964),Miranda v. Arizona (1966),and Loving v. Virginia (1967). Warren also led the Warren Commission,a presidential commission that investigated the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He served as Governor of California from 1943 to 1953,and is the last chief justice to have served in an elected office before nomination to the Supreme Court. Warren is generally considered to be one of the most influential Supreme Court justices and political leaders in the history of the United States.
Citizens United is a conservative 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization in the United States founded in 1988. In 2010,the organization won a U.S. Supreme Court case known as Citizens United v. FEC,which struck down as unconstitutional a federal law prohibiting corporations and unions from making expenditures in connection with federal elections. The organization's president and chairman is David Bossie.
Marc Racicot is an American attorney,lobbyist,and former Republican politician who served as the 21st governor of Montana from 1993 until 2001. After leaving office,Racicot worked as a lobbyist for the law firm Bracewell &Giuliani. His notable clients included Enron,Burlington Northern Santa Fe,and the Recording Industry Association of America.
O'Melveny &Myers LLP is an American multinational law firm founded in Los Angeles in 1885. The firm employs approximately 740 lawyers and has offices in California,Washington,D.C.,New York City,Beijing,Brussels,Hong Kong,London,Seoul,Shanghai,Singapore,and Tokyo.
Charles Terrance Canady is an American attorney and judge serving on the Supreme Court of Florida since 2008. He previously served as Chief Justice from 2010 to 2012 and from 2018 to 2022.
James A. Rice is an American attorney,judge,and politician. He is one of the six Associate Justices currently on the Montana Supreme Court. Rice was initially appointed by Governor Judy Martz in 2001. His current term extends to 2030.
Mary Elizabeth Fairhurst was an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice and chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court.
Stephen Clark Bullock is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 24th governor of Montana from 2013 to 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
William Penn Lyon was an American lawyer,politician,and judge who served as the 7th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the 12th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He also served as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War.
Baker v. Wade 563 F.Supp 1121,rev'd 769 F.2nd 289 cert denied 478 US 1022 (1986) is a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the sodomy law of the state of Texas. Plaintiff Donald Baker contended that the law violated his rights to privacy and equal protection. After a victory at trial,an appellate court reversed the lower court's decision and in the wake of its decision in Bowers v. Hardwick the Supreme Court of the United States refused to review it.
Beth Baker is an American lawyer who is an associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court. Elected on November 2,2010 and sworn into office on January 3,2011,she became the fourth woman to serve on Montana's highest bench. She took the seat of the retired Justice W. William Leaphart. In the 2018 election,Justice Baker was retained for another eight year term.
Laurie McKinnon is an associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court. She was elected to her first eight-year term in 2012. In 2020,she defeated Mike Black,gaining a second eight-year term.
Brad Schimel is an American lawyer,judge,and Republican politician. He was the 44th attorney general of Wisconsin,serving from 2015 to 2019. He was defeated seeking re-election in 2018,and was subsequently appointed a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Waukesha County,by Governor Scott Walker. Schimel is seeking election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the 2025 Spring election. He also previously served as district attorney of Waukesha County.
One justice of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and five judges of the 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 8,2016,concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years.
Dirk M. Sandefur is an associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court. His term began on January 2,2017. He served for eight years as a criminal and civil Deputy Attorney for Cascade County,Montana,before being elected a judge on the 8th Judicial District of the Montana District Court in 2002. He ran for and won election to the Montana Supreme Court in 2016.
Jimmy Blacklock is an American attorney and judge currently serving as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
Juliana,et al. v. United States of America,et al. was a climate-related lawsuit filed in 2015 and dismissed in 2020. Filed by 21 youth plaintiffs against the United States and several executive branch officials. Filing their case in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon,the plaintiffs,represented by the non-profit organization Our Children's Trust,include Xiuhtezcatl Martinez,the members of Martinez's organization Earth Guardians,and climatologist James Hansen as a "guardian for future generations". Some fossil fuel and industry groups initially intervened as defendants but later requested to be dropped following the 2016 presidential election,stating that the case would be well defended under the new administration.
Joseph Francis McLaughlin was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii in the Territory of Hawaii.
New York State Rifle &Pistol Association,Inc. v. Bruen,597 U.S. 1 (2022),abbreviated NYSRPA v. Bruen and also known as NYSRPA II or Bruen to distinguish it from the 2020 case,is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court related to the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. The case concerned the constitutionality of the 1911 Sullivan Act,a New York State law requiring applicants for a pistol concealed carry license to show "proper cause",or a special need distinguishable from that of the general public,in their application.
Cory Swanson is an American lawyer who has served as the Broadwater County attorney since 2014. He is the chief justice-elect of the Montana Supreme Court.
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