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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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Ginsburg's body will lie in repose at Supreme Court
Read full article: Ginsburg's body will lie in repose at Supreme CourtPeople gather at the Supreme Court on the morning after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 in Washington. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON – The body of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court this week, with arrangements to allow for public viewing despite the coronavirus pandemic, the court said Monday. Public viewing is expected to last from 11 a.m. EDT to 10 p.m. EDT Wednesday and 9 a.m. EDT to 10 p.m. EDT Thursday, the court said. Congress made similar arrangements for a public viewing outside the Capitol after the death of Rep. John Lewis in July. Taft died in 1930, shortly after work began on the site where the Supreme Court would open in 1935.