The US acquired several different pieces of land outside the continental US between 1867-1906. This includes:
1) Guam
2) Puerto Rico
3) Phillipines
4) Hawaii
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Phillipines were all taken over by the US after the Spanish American War of 1898. This war saw the US helped free Cuba from Spanish control. Along with this, the Spanish agreed to relinquish control of the rest of their colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
Besides this, the US also took over Hawaii. This was done by helping Hawaiin citizens overthrow their queen and establishing a democratic system similar to the one the United States has during this time.
<span>An increasing number of federal court vacancies have been filled by women since Jimmy Carter was president. This was seen in both Democratic and Republican administrations. Most have speculated that female judges tend to be more liberal when making judgments. However, this was claim was disproved by a study that looked at thousand cases. It was determined that there was rarely any difference between the decisions of female and male judges. </span>
1 trillion is 10x larger than 1 billion.
Local governments have the responsibilities of prosecuting lower levels of crimes and enforcing also creating state laws handling cases that deal with children.
The Supreme Court, in Furman, was worried about arbitrary applications of the Death Penalty.
So, it put a moratorium in place until the States were able to sort some of the inconsistencies out.
