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		May 26, 2017

Documents on the organization and powers of the executive branch, presidential policies, current and past presidents. Search text for presidency Browse Documents on the Court's organization and powers, landmark cases, constitutional law, current and past justices. Search text for Supreme Court Browse Documents on Congress's organization and powers, the legislative process, policy, current and past members. Search text for Congress Browse Documents on the U.S. electoral process, political parties and campaigns, voting rights and trends. Search text for elections Browse   Documents on the U.S. Constitution and the rights and issues it has shaped for over two centuries. Search text for Constitution Browse   The Court's home, opposite the East Front of the Capitol at One First Street, NE, has no name. It is simply the "Supreme Court building." If it were named for someone, an appropriate choice would be President William Howard Taft, who began pushing for a Court building in 1912. When he became chief justice in 1921—the only former president to do so—he continued the campaign, finally winning congressional authorization in 1929. He died the following year, and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes saw the completion of Taft's dream.  more...

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