The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in
the United States and leads the judicial branch of the United States
federal government. The Justices are nominated by the President and
confirmed with the "advice and consent" of the Senate. Appointed to
serve for life, they can be removed only by resignation, or by
impeachment and subsequent conviction. The Supreme Court holds both
original and appellate jurisdiction, with its appellate jurisdiction
accounting for most of the Court's caseload. The Supreme Court meets
in Washington, D.C., in the United States Supreme Court building. The
Court's yearly terms usually start on the first Monday in October and
finish sometime during the following June or July. Each term consists
of alternating two week intervals. During the first interval, the
court is in session and hears cases, and during the second interval,
the court is recessed to consider and write opinions on cases they
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Today's selected anniversaries:
After a successful invasion of Sweden, Danish soldiers under King
Christian II executed scores of Swedish leaders in the Stockholm
Henry Wirz, the superintendent of the Andersonville Prison, was
hanged, becoming the only American Civil War soldier executed for war
"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" – Henry Morton Stanley located missing
missionary and explorer, David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake
Tanganyika in present-day Tanzania.
Sesame Street debuted on the National Educational Television network
in the United States.
Playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others
from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People were executed
by the Nigerian military government.
Wikiquote of the day:
Rarely do we arrive at the summit of truth without running into
extremes; we have frequently to exhaust the part of error, and even of
folly, before we work our way up to the noble goal of tranquil wisdom.
-- Friedrich Schiller