When AJ is used in reference to the US Supreme Court, it means "Associate Justice," the formal title of the eight justices who serve under the Chief Justice.
It can also stand for Apple Jack (from my little pony).
It may also be used by Jammers on Animal Jam (AJ) to abbreviate the game.
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* ---- Ross Perot started United We Stand America.
It might stand for Salt lake City but usually there is a t on the end.
a strong national government anti federalists stand for strong state governments
Of the seventeen total Chief Justices on the Supreme Court, three were elevated (promoted) during their tenure as Associate Justice (White, Stone and Rehnquist), and two were Associate Justices who left the Court for a period of time, then returned as Chief Justices (Rutledge, Hughes).Chief Justices who also served as Associate JusticesJohn Rutledge.................AJ 1790-1791 (Washington)................CJ 1795-1795 (Washington)Edward Douglas White.....AJ 1894-1910 (Cleveland)...................CJ 1910-1921 (Taft)Charles Evans Hughes......AJ 1910-1916 (Taft)...........................CJ 1930-1941 (Hoover)Harlan F. Stone................AJ 1925-1941 (Coolidge)....................CJ 1941-1946 (F. Roosevelt)William H. Rehnquist.........AJ 1972-1986 (Nixon).......................CJ 1986-2005 (Reagan)Additional Notes from Another ContributorThe current Chief Justice, John Roberts, was first nominated as an Associate Justice but was re-nominated as Chief Justice, upon the death of Chief Justice Rehnquist, before his Associate Justice nomination was acted upon. President Lyndon Johnson nominated Associate Justice Abe Fortas to be Chief Justice but he withdrew from nomination due to much opposition from the opposing party.
There are 34 states in the Unted States that have a stand-your-ground law. Of those 34 states, Iowa, Virginia, and Washington have their own version of the stand-your-ground law.