Executive privilege assertion on US Attorney firings testimony [White House] News
Executive privilege assertion on US Attorney firings testimony [White House]

Letter to US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, White House counsel Fred F. Fielding, June 28, 2007 [rejecting congressional subpoenas for the testimony of former White House aids and their documents relevant to the probe of controversial US attorney firings]. Read the full text of the letter [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Sandra Day O'Connor confirmed as first female US Supreme Court justice

On September 21, 1981, the US Senate approved the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to the US Supreme Court by a vote of 99-0, making her the first female Supreme Court justice. Learn more about Justice O'Connor from Oyez.

Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law in the Philippines

On September 21, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation 1081, implementing martial law in the Philippines. Marcos used the proclamation not only to suppress a communist insurgency but to eliminate political opponents as well. He remained in power until he was forced from office and into exile by the People Power Revolution in 1986.