Author: Illinois
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Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Author: New York Public Library. Municipal Reference Library
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 696

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Author: Kenneth A. Manaster
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226502430
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 334

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Illinois political scandals reached new depths in the 1960s and ’70s. In Illinois Justice, Kenneth Manaster takes us behind the scenes of one of the most spectacular. The so-called Scandal of 1969 not only ended an Illinois Supreme Court justice’s aspirations to the US Supreme Court, but also marked the beginning of little-known lawyer John Paul Stevens’s rise to the high court. In 1969, citizen gadfly Sherman Skolnick accused two Illinois Supreme Court justices of accepting valuable bank stock from an influential Chicago lawyer in exchange for deciding an important case in the lawyer’s favor. The resulting feverish media coverage prompted the state supreme court to appoint a special commission to investigate. Within six weeks and on a shoestring budget, the commission mobilized a small volunteer staff to reveal the facts. Stevens, then a relatively unknown Chicago lawyer, served as chief counsel. His work on this investigation would launch him into the public spotlight and onto the bench. Manaster, who served on the commission, tells the real story of the investigation, detailing the dead ends, tactics, and triumphs. Manaster expertly traces Stevens’s masterful courtroom strategies and vividly portrays the high-profile personalities involved, as well as the subtleties of judicial corruption. A reflective foreword by Justice Stevens himself looks back at the case and how it influenced his career. Now the subject of the documentary Unexpected Justice: The Rise of John Paul Stevens, Manaster’s book is both a fascinating chapter of political history and a revealing portrait of the early career of a Supreme Court justice.

Author: United States. Congress
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1452

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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author: United States. Office of Education. Library Services Branch
Publisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Author: United States. National Bureau of Standards
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 456

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Author: United States. National Bureau of Standards
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 748

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Author: National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410

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Author: United States. National Bureau of Standards
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 766

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