How the Know-Nothings, Free Soilers and other third parties shaped US politics
Read full article: How the Know-Nothings, Free Soilers and other third parties shaped US politicsElon Musk’s plan to create a new political party puts him in the company of a long line of business and political titans looking to upend the two-party system that has dominated U.S. politics since almost the beginning.
Why does the US restrict its presidents to 2 terms? A look at the tradition Trump is questioning
Read full article: Why does the US restrict its presidents to 2 terms? A look at the tradition Trump is questioningOnly one person in U.S. history has defied the two-term example set by the first president, George Washington.
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Justice Ginsburg buried at Arlington in private ceremony
Read full article: Justice Ginsburg buried at Arlington in private ceremony(Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)ARLINGTON, Va. – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was buried Tuesday in a private ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, laid to rest beside her husband and near some of her former colleagues on the court. Ginsburg’s husband Martin Ginsburg was buried at Arlington in 2010 following his death from cancer. Nine other justices are buried in that section, including three that Ginsburg served with. The last justice to be buried at the cemetery was retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who died in 2019 at the age of 99. In addition to Stevens, the other justices Ginsburg served with who are buried at the cemetery are Blackmun and Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at Supreme Court
Read full article: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at Supreme CourtWASHINGTON – The body of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court, with arrangements to allow for public viewing despite the coronavirus pandemic. People pay respects as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose under the Portico at the top of the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. Taft died in 1930, shortly after work began on the site where the Supreme Court would open in 1935. People pay respect in front of the Court as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose under the Portico at the top of the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. The justice died Friday at age 87 from pancreatic cancer.