Babe Ruth

On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court ruled by a 5-4 vote in Shelby County v. Holder to strike down two main provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The first, Section 4(b), contained the coverage formula that determined which jurisdictions are subject to preclearance based on their histories of discrimination in voting. Section 5, which was rendered invalid by proxy, was the actual provision that required certain states and local governments to obtain federal preclearance before…

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been a stalwart supporter of women’s rights and LGBT rights. Her rulings on cases concerning women's rights and as LGBT rights have continued the impression Justice O’Connor gave in her decision in Roe v. Wade that gender may indeed matter in rulings with this trend most likely going to continue with Justices Sotomayor and Kagan. She is considered as one the 100 Most Powerful Women and has spent time advocating for women's rights in the duration of her career. The…

publicized purpose. It would remove all legal distinctions between sexes, end social security benefits for spouses, eliminate child support, and invalidate legal privacy protections. In addition to those violations, according to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the ERA would affect, alter, or eliminate over 800 federal laws (Valente). Self-proclaimed feminists say that this is their saving grace, that the ERA is the solution to preventing workplace discrimination. These people…

Once upon a time Santa and his elf decided to make Snowman. Not just any snowman, but a creamy, yummy Snowman made out of ice cream. Santa scooped the ice cream out into three round scopes. The first scoop was the largest of the three and was the bottom layer. The next scoop, was a medium size and formed the middle of the snowman. The last scoop of creamy white ice cream was the smallest scope and it was for the Snowman’s head. Once the Snowman’s body was shaped, Santa gave him cinnamon…

lives. Like expected however the number of people attending these games did go down, but all 16 franchises did make it through the Great Depression (The Golden Age of Baseball: The 1930’s.” .n.d). The main superstar in Baseball was The amazing Babe Ruth, many…

Part of the aura surrounding Ruth arose from his modest origins. Though the legend that he was an orphan is untrue, Ruth did have a difficult childhood. Both his parents, George Herman Ruth, Sr., and Kate Shamberger Ruth, came from working-class, ethnic (German) families. Ruth, Sr., owned and operated a saloon in a tough neighbourhood on the Baltimore waterfront. Living in rooms above the saloon, the Ruths had eight children, but only George, Jr., the firstborn, and a younger sister survived to…

invented. With the workforce changing people had a lot of free time to listen to the sports. With all of these sports taking place it was perfect timing for all athletes to get recognized. The public was very lucky to watch all superstars such as Babe ruth, Jack dempsey, Man O’ war etc ( Alchin ). There are many different sports and sports legends in the 1920s, but only a few got most of the attention. The few sports that got the most attention were baseball, football, Boxing and…

pastime sport. Jackie Robinson was an American professional baseball second basemen , who became the first African American to play Major League baseball in the modern era. Perhaps the most historically significant baseball player ever , ranking with Babe Ruth in terms of his impact of the national pastime. Jackie Robinson is a hero due to his heroic traits of being strong ,and showing leadership. Being the first African American to play Major League baseball. Despite his skill, Robinson…

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they came across a strong left-handed pitcher with an even stronger bat known as George Herman “Babe” Ruth (Britannica 2014). With Ruth, the Red Sox won 515 games and lost 359. They also won 3 World Series in the 6 years in which Ruth played with them (mlb.com). Babe Ruth and the Boston Red Sox were well on their way to becoming the greatest dynasty in sports history. That is, until the selling of Ruth to the New York Yankees by then owner Harry Frazee (Britannica 2014). This was the beginning…