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The Court found that mentally retarded persons are not a 'suspect' class of persons (requiring the same level of protection as racial minorities); thus, governments are free to enact almost any legislation or rule to civilly commit them, and the courts will not intervene, short of illegal or ridiculous actions (called 'rational' scrutiny). [4] 14th
The book's publisher, McGraw-Hill, pulled Klaas' book from the market shortly after it was released, and court records indicate they made an out-of-court settlement with her. [5] Bolam's personal life history has since been thoroughly documented, eliminating any possibility she was Earhart.
An All-Woman Supreme Court in Texas, the first woman-majority state Supreme Court in U.S. history, sits for a five-month special sitting on a single case, disbanding shortly afterward. 1926 Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim across the English Channel. [83] 1928 Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic ocean. [84]
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Amelia Mary Earhart (/ ˈ ɛər h ɑːr t / AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer.On July 2, 1937, she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world.
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Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. Speculation on the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan has continued since their disappearance in 1937. After the largest search and rescue attempt in history up to that time, the U.S. Navy concluded that Earhart and Noonan ditched at sea after their plane ran out of fuel; this "crash and sink theory" is the most widely accepted explanation.
"Fox & Friends" co-host Ainsley Earhardt and her husband, William Proctor, are headed for divorce. Proctor, who has been married to Earhardt for six years, reportedly filed for divorce on ...