Instead, the task of safeguarding the nine justices falls to the Supreme Court Police, a 125-person force that's also charged with securing the court building and grounds.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In national politics, sectionalism is loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole. It is often a precursor to separatism. 1 In the United Kingdom.
Overall nationalism was the result of the temperance movement. However, the temperance movement also caused sectionalism between some groups of immigrants and Americans supporting the reform movement. Events and Groups: 1826: The American Temperance Society was founded. The group tried to persuade drinkers to stop drinking alcohol.