John Paul Stevens was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1975 to 2010. At the time of his retirement,he was the second-oldest justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court and the third-longest-serving justice. At the time of his death in 2019 at age 99,he was the longest-lived Supreme Court justice ever. His long tenure saw him write for the Court on most issues of American law,including civil liberties,the death penalty,government action,and intellectual property. Despite being a registered Republican who throughout his life identified as a conservative,Stevens was considered to have been on the liberal side of the Court at the time of his retirement.
James Holley Douglas is an American politician from the state of Vermont. A Republican,he served the 80th governor of Vermont from 2003 to 2011. On August 27,2009,Douglas announced that he would not seek re-election for a fifth term in 2010. He left the office in January 2011.
The Oregon Supreme Court (OSC) is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States. The OSC holds court at the Oregon Supreme Court Building in Salem,Oregon,near the capitol building on State Street. The building was finished in 1914 and also houses the state's law library,while the courtroom is also used by the Oregon Court of Appeals.
The University of Minnesota Law School is the law school of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis,Minnesota. The school confers four law degrees:a Juris Doctor (J.D.),a Master of Laws (LL.M.),a Master of Science in Patent Law (M.S.P.L.),and a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.). The J.D. program offers a number of concentration opportunities,as well as dual and joint degree options with other graduate and professional schools of the university.
The University of Connecticut School of Law is the law school associated with the University of Connecticut and located in Hartford,Connecticut. It is the only public law school in Connecticut and one of only four in New England. In 2020 it enrolled 488 JD students.
William Mitchell College of Law was a private,independent law school located in St. Paul,Minnesota,United States,from 1956 to 2015. Accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA),it offered full- and part-time legal education in pursuit of the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree. On December 9,2015,Hamline University School of Law merged into William Mitchell College of Law,and became the Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
James Ronald Zazzali is an American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from October 26,2006,until his retirement on June 17,2007. He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from June 14,2000.
Peter George Underwood,was an Australian jurist and the Governor of Tasmania from 2008 until his death in 2014. He was the Chief Justice of Tasmania from 2004 to 2008,having been a judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania from 1984.
The Vermont Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Vermont. Unlike most other states,the Vermont Supreme Court hears appeals directly from the trial courts,as Vermont has no intermediate appeals court.
Martin Joseph Jenkins is an American attorney and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. He was previously a justice of the California Court of Appeal for the First District,located in San Francisco,and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Paul J. De Muniz is a retired American judge in the state of Oregon. He is the first Hispanic Chief Justice in the history of the Oregon Supreme Court. He was elected to the court in 2000,and elected as chief justice in 2006. He won re-election in May 2006 for another six-year term on the state's highest court. De Muniz previously served on the Oregon Court of Appeals for ten years.
Martha B. Sosman was an American lawyer and jurist from Massachusetts. Appointed by Governor Paul Cellucci,she served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 2000 until her death.
Thomas L. Hayes was the 71st lieutenant governor of Vermont and a Vermont Supreme Court Justice. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1985 by then-Governor Madeleine M. Kunin.
John M. Greaney is a former Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. After his judicial retirement,he served as Director of the Macaronis Institute for Trial and Appellate Advocacy at Suffolk University Law School. He currently is in private practice as senior counsel at Bulkley Richardson in Springfield,Massachusetts.
In the United States,black conservatism is a political and social movement rooted in communities of African descent that aligns largely with the American conservative movement,including the Christian right. Black conservatism emphasizes social conservatism,traditionalism,patriotism,capitalism,and free markets. What characterizes a "black conservative" has changed over time,and proponents do not necessarily share the same political philosophy.
Franklin Swift Billings Jr. was an American politician and judge from the state of Vermont. Billings served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives,Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
Douglas L. Combs is an associate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. He was appointed by Governor Brad Henry to the Oklahoma Supreme Court,effective January 1,2011,filling a vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Rudolph Hargrave. Combs was selected to become Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court,effective December 1,2016,and served until December 31,2018.
Jeffrey L. Amestoy is an American retired jurist from Vermont. He served as Vermont Attorney General from 1985 to 1997 and as chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1997 to 2004. Amestoy is noted for having authored the majority opinion in Baker v. Vermont,the 1999 Vermont Supreme Court decision that led to the legalization of civil unions for same-sex partners in Vermont in 2000.
Jeffrey L. Hjelm is a former Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
