It would be "1. The majority opinion" that enables the Supreme Court to make its decision, since it is made up of nine members--meaning that landing on a "tie" is impossible.
One of Josephine Baker’s most famous professional tasks was tracking down Mary Mallon (“Typhoid Mary”) in 1907. The way Ms. Mallon’s case was handled raises some interesting questions even today about conflicts between personal rights and public health: George Soper at the Department of Health Laboratories had investigated seven family epidemics of typhoid going back to 1900. He found that they were all linked to the cook [Mary Mallon] in each family.
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The significance was that these allowed goods to be transported much faster than by horse. Canals allowed for things to be imported and exported much more easily.
The Populist Party wanted to push several issues at the time in the 1890s in the United States.
1. Free Silver--one of their biggest platforms was to change the currency to free silver to make it more affordable for the average person to use, instead of having money backed up by the gold standard.
2. Eight hour workday--They wanted to have workers and laborers be given an eight hour workday to give workers better working conditions than what they currently faced.
3. Income tax--They wanted to have a federal income tax (which later becomes the 16th Amendment) to have different taxes for people based on their income, or how much money they would make. So essentially, a very wealthy person would have higher taxes than a poor person.
4. Regulation of the railroad--They wanted the government to regulate the railroad instead of the big businesses regulating the railroad and coming up with the prices. The farmers especially felt as though it was not fair to allow the business owners to set the prices.
The Populist Party was essentially called the People's Party because they wanted to better represent and recognize the common people in government.
