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Sotomayor returns detailed questionnaire to Senate committee

June 5, 2009 08:40:00 AM

US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday returned a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire regarding her prior judgments, financial status, potential conflicts of interest, and various other details...

June 3, 2009 08:21:00 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld a ban on handguns in two Illinois municipalities. The panel of judges affirmed the district court ruling that the incorporation of...

May 30, 2009 03:51:00 PM

US President Barack Obama rebuked Republicans who would oppose his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the US Supreme Court Saturday in his weekly address. The president predicted failure for...

May 27, 2009 02:26:00 PM

Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions , the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee , said Wednesday that he does not anticipate a filibuster against US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor . Sessions...

May 26, 2009 10:04:00 AM

US President Barack Obama on Monday announced Sonia Sotomayor as his nomination for the US Supreme Court . Sotomayor, currently a justice for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...

May 14, 2009 10:02:00 AM

US President Barack Obama is considering six possible nominees for the US Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice David Souter , including five women, the Associated Press reported Thursday. This six names...

July 12, 2005 09:42:00 AM

In his first in-person consultation with Senator leaders on his upcoming nomination of a replacement for retiring US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor , President Bush met Tuesday with Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA), ranking Judiciary...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States.

Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.