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The judicial department comprises the Supreme Court of Missouri, which has seven judges, the Missouri Court of Appeals (an intermediate appellate court divided into three districts), sitting in Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield, and 45 Circuit Courts which function as local trial courts.
That same year, Carnahan appointed Ronnie L. White to the Supreme Court of Missouri, the first black judge to be appointed to the court. [128] White later became the state's first black chief justice and eventually a federal judge. [129] Carnahan would later describe White's appointment as one of his greatest. [130]
Udall was born in 1922 in St. Johns, Arizona, one of six children (New York Times says three sons, two daughters) [3] of Louisa (née Lee) and Levi Stewart Udall.His father was a lawyer who served as Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court from 1946 to 1960.
Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts and the first Democratic governor of the state since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991.
United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898), was a landmark decision [4] of the U.S. Supreme Court which held that "a child born in the United States, of parents of Chinese descent, who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of the Emperor of China, but have a permanent domicile and residence in the United States, and are there carrying on business, and are not employed in any ...
1655 – Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.; 1708 – A French fleet anchors nears Fife Ness as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
Michael Lynn Parson (born September 17, 1955) is an American politician and former law enforcement officer who served as the 57th governor of Missouri, from 2018 to 2025.A member of the Republican Party, Parson assumed the governorship upon the resignation of Eric Greitens, under whom he served as lieutenant governor from 2017 to 2018.
Manhattan (/ m æ n ˈ h æ t ən, m ə n-/ ⓘ man-HAT-ən, mən-) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the smallest county by area in the U.S. state of New York.