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Resignation announced by the Department of Justice on January 7, 2021. [25] The New York Times noted that his resignation did not specifically refer to the events of the prior day. [26] Assistant Attorney General (Civil Division) Jody Hunt: September 4, 2018 July 3, 2020 [27] Chief of Staff to the Attorney General February 2017 September 22, 2017
The first documented use of the phrase "United States of America" is a letter from January 2, 1776. Stephen Moylan, a Continental Army aide to General George Washington, wrote to Joseph Reed, Washington's aide-de-camp, seeking to go "with full and ample powers from the United States of America to Spain" to seek assistance in the Revolutionary War effort.
Roger Brooke Taney (/ ˈ t ɔː n i / TAW-nee; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the fifth chief justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864.
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Absence of Malice is a 1981 American drama neo noir thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Paul Newman, Sally Field, Wilford Brimley, Melinda Dillon and Bob Balaban.
Hostage justice (Japanese: 人質 司法, Hitojichi shihō) is a Japanese-language phrase used in criticizing the Japanese judiciary.It refers to the period during which a defendant is held while denying an accusation, which is long compared with cases in which a defendant does not deny an accusation in Japanese criminal action procedure.
Justices of the Peace were appointed by the Lt. Governor. Any two justices meeting together could form the lowest level of the justice system, the Courts of Request. A Court of Quarter Sessions was held four times a year in each district composed of all the resident justices. The Quarter Sessions met to oversee the administration of the ...