Nominated to Supreme Court by President Clinton, and took her seat on August 10, 1993. ... Nominated to Supreme Court by President Clinton, and took his seat August 3, 1994. ... With the primary function of lawmaking, introducing and voting on bills to become laws is its main form of influence. ... The powers vested to the House of Representatives include origination of revenue bills, and bringing of impeachment charges against federal officials. ...

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Since the Civil War, much of the concern over civil rights in the United States has focused on efforts to extend these rights fully to African Americans. Resistance to racial segregation and discrimination with strategies such as civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, marches, protests, boycotts, "freedom rides," and rallies received national attention in the struggle to end racial inequality. There were also continuing efforts to legally challenge segregation through the courts. Following the "separate but equal" decision of Plessy V. Ferguson in 1896, many Americans decided to push f...

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However, in November 1993, President Clinton signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA").RFRA was intended to restore the traditional protection afforded to prisoners to observe their religion, which had been weakened by decisions such as O'Lone. ...

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