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The Oyez Project was conceived in Chicago in the late 1980's by Jerry Goldman, a professor of political science, and initially implemented using Apple's HyperCard software. Subsequent support from the National Science Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities allowed the project to evolve and establish a presence on the internet. [4]
Oyez (/ oʊ ˈ j ɛ z /, / oʊ ˈ j eɪ /, / oʊ ˈ j ɛ s /; more rarely with the word stress at the beginning) is a traditional interjection said two or three times in succession to introduce the opening of a court of law. The interjection was also traditionally used by town criers to attract the attention of the public to public ...
In 2016, Ali argued for the petitioner in Welch v.United States, obtaining an 7–1 majority opinion that the Supreme Court's prior determination in Johnson v. United States; which determined the Residual Clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act was unconstitutionally vague, constituted a substantive rule change and was therefore retroactive.
Ho was born on February 27, 1973, in Taipei, Taiwan, to So-Hwa and Steve Song-Shan Ho. [7] His father was a physician who specialized in obstetrics and gynecology. [8] Ho's Taiwanese American family immigrated to the United States when he was a child, moving first to Long Island before settling in San Marino, California. [8]
The Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the 2024 ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, culminating in ...
Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle, 429 U.S. 274 (1977), often shortened to Mt. Healthy v.Doyle, was a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision arising from a fired teacher's lawsuit against his former employer, the Mount Healthy City Schools.
The Inclusive Communities Project is a Texas-based non-profit organization that helps low-income families obtain affordable housing. [5] In 2008, they filed suit against the Texas agency responsible for administering these tax credits, claiming it disproportionately allocated too many tax credits "in predominantly black inner-city areas and too ...
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, 561 U.S. 1 (2010), was a case decided in June 2010 by the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the Patriot Act's prohibition on providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations (18 U.S.C. § 2339B).