On June 12th in US Political History
Part V
Part V
On June 12th in 1992 In a letter to U.S. senators, Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin said the Soviet Union had shot down nine U.S. planes in the early 1950's and held 12 American survivors.
On June 12th in 1993 Reports surfaced that Judge Stephen Breyer, considered a likely candidate to the Supreme Court, had failed to pay Social Security taxes for a domestic employee. Breyer was passed over by President Clinton in favor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
On June 12th in 1995 The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a potentially crippling blow to federal affirmative action programs, ruling Congress was limited by the same strict standards as states in offering special help to minorities.
On June 12th in 1996 Trent Lott of Mississippi was chosen as Senate majority leader after Bob Dole stepped down to run for president.
On June 12th in 1996 A panel of federal judges in Philadelphia blocked a law against indecency on the Internet, saying the 1996 Communications Decency Act would infringe adults' free-speech rights.
On June 12th in 1996 The Mohave Desert town of Hinkley, Ca., won a $333 million settlement from PG&E for the leakage of high concentrations of chromium 6 from storage tanks into the groundwater.
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