The stalemate continued for so long in World War I because of technological advancement, new types of warfare, new types of weapons, incompetent generals, and the similarity of strength of both sides. These reasons contributed to the long stalemate and long bloodshed between Central and Allied Powers.
The future Supreme Court equity did JFK choose to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals is Thurgood Marshall. He was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th equity and its first African-American equity.
