BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush picks Cox to replace SEC Chairman Donaldson News
BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush picks Cox to replace SEC Chairman Donaldson

[JURIST] In a White House ceremony, President Bush has formally nominated Rep. Christopher Cox [official profile] of California to succeed William Donaldson as SEC Chairman. Cox now awaits Senate confirmation, a process he withdrew from when in line for appointment to the US Court of Appeals after the Democrats gained control of the Senate in 2001. AP has more.

1:15 PM ET – The White House has released this transcript of the Roosevelt Room ceremony.

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US Supreme Court ended bus segregation

On November 13, 1956, the US Supreme Court declined the appeal of a US District Court ruling in Browder v. Gayle that had declared unconstitutional Alabama's state and local laws requiring segregation on buses, thereby ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Philippines impeaches President Estrada

On November 13, 2000, the Parliament of the Philippines voted to impeach President Joseph Estrada on corruption charges. He was ousted from power the following year.