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Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking GOP member, said he was pleased with Johnsen's withdrawal. He called her an "unacceptable choice" to fill the position, and wrote in a statement that "it is my sincere hope that the President will nominate someone who is prepared to vigorously defend the military's legitimate actions in the fight against terrorism...
While dance groups abound at Harvard, only HBDT and CDT focus on competition. Harvard Ballroom began in 1990 to fill a gap in the dance community. “Our mission is to spread the art of ballroom dancing in a social and competitive way,” says Marco F. Perez-Moreno ’11, president of HBDT...
...charming account of the writer’s journey across 19th-century America. Instead of leaving Tocqueville as the flat character oft-quoted in college government and history classes, Damrosch delves into letters, journals, and accounts—many published for the first time in English—to fill in the missing dimensions of the political thinker’s life and experience in America...
...Court, as he did, from scratch. One of the first bills ever to be introduced in the Senate, the Judiciary Act, constituted a Supreme Court made up of a Chief Justice and five associates. Washington signed it on Sept. 24, 1789, and within hours he nominated six men to fill the posts. Congress responded with a haste that is unimaginable today: five nominees - John Jay (the first Chief Justice), John Rutledge, William Cushing, James Wilson and John Blair - were seated in just two days. The sixth, Robert Harrison, declined to serve, but his replacement, James Iredell, sailed through confirmation...
...annual event, which takes place at hospitals, community centers, and universities around the country, requires individuals to fill out a brief survey about their alcohol use and consult privately with a health professional about their responses...