Supreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law. It also has original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases, specifically "all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party".
Cahill Gordon & ReindelCahill Gordon & Reindel LLP is an American law firm based in New York City with offices also in Washington, D.C. and London. Founded in 1919, it operates areas of capital markets and banking & finance.
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George W. BushPresident of the United States from 2001 to 2009Business and personalEarly lifeProfessional lifeEponymsFamilyHonorsPublic imageBibliographyPost-presidencyNon-profit organizations Clinton Bush Haiti FundOne America Appeal46th Governor of TexasGovernorshipElections43rd President of the United StatesPresidencytimelineTransitionInaugurations firstsecondEfforts to impeachPresidential libraryTenureSeptember 11 attacksWar on terrorWar in AfghanistanPatriot ActNo Child Left Behind ActInvasion of IraqIraq and weapons of mass destructionHurricane KatrinaIraq War2007 Iraq surgeDismissal of U.S. attorneys controversyEmail controversyGreat RecessionEconomic Stimulus ActPoliciesDomesticEconomicForeignBush Doctrineinternational tripsSpaceClimate changeLegislation and programsPardonsAppointmentsCabinetFederal judgesRobertsMiersAlitoGeorge W. Bush Supreme Court candidatesPresidential campaigns2000electionprimariesconventiondebatesFlorida recountBush v. Gore2004electionprimariesconventiondebatesGeorge Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American former politician, businessman, and Air Force veteran who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.
New York CityNew York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island—each being coextensive with its respective county.
Cornell UniversityCornell University ( korr-NEHL) is a private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson White in 1865. Since its founding, Cornell University has been a co-educational and nonsectarian institution. As of fall 2024, the student body included 16,128 undergraduate and 10,665 postgraduate students from all 50 U.S. states and 130 countries.Citizens United (organization)Citizens United is an American conservative nonprofit organization founded in 1988. In 2010, the organization won a U.S. Supreme Court case known as Citizens United v. FEC. The Court ruled that corporations and unions could not be prohibited from making independent expenditures in federal elections, citing First Amendment protections of free speech. As of 2025, the organization's president and chairman is David Bossie.
Lorillard Tobacco CompanyLorillard Tobacco Company was an American tobacco company that marketed cigarettes under the brand names Newport, Maverick, Old Gold, Kent, True, Satin, and Max. The company had two operating segments: cigarettes and electronic cigarettes. The company was purchased by Reynolds American, a company owned by British American Tobacco, in 2015, a deal that was announced in 2014. HistoryThe company was founded by Pierre Abraham Lorillard in 1760.Plame affair grand jury investigationThe CIA leak grand jury investigation (related to the "CIA leak scandal", also known as the "Plame affair") was a federal inquiry "into the alleged unauthorized disclosure of a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee's identity", a possible violation of criminal statutes, including the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 and Title 18, United States Code, Section 793.
The New York TimesAmerican daily newspaperThe New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper based in Manhattan, New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces and reviews. One of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the Times serves as one of the country's newspapers of record.
Pentagon PapersThe Pentagon Papers, officially titled Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force, is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1968. Released by Daniel Ellsberg, who had worked on the study, it was made public on the front page of The New York Times starting on June 13, 1971.
Judith MillerJudith Miller (born January 2, 1948) is an American journalist and commentator who is known for writing about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program both before and after the 2003 invasion, but her writings were later discovered to have been based on fabricated intelligence. She worked in the Washington bureau of The New York Times before joining Fox News in 2008.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.