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The Senate's Veto Power Over Presidential Appointments To The Supreme Court, 1916-1930, Wallace Worthy Hall Jan 1932

The Senate's Veto Power Over Presidential Appointments To The Supreme Court, 1916-1930, Wallace Worthy Hall

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It is a well known fact that in recent years the United States Senate has increasingly become more critical of presidential appointments to the Supreme Court branch. In this thesis the author has undertaken an intensive study of the several cases between 1916 and 1930 in which, serious opposition developed to the confirmation of Supreme Court appointments. Within this period fall the unsuccessful fights against Justices Brandeis,Taft, Butler, Stone,and Hughes,and the successful opposition to Judge Parker. In each case an effort has been made to bring out the forces and arguments operative on either side of the controversy, and to …


A Discussion Of The Inter-Relations Of The Latter-Day Saints And The American Indians, Julina Smith Jan 1932

A Discussion Of The Inter-Relations Of The Latter-Day Saints And The American Indians, Julina Smith

Theses and Dissertations

This study is an attempt to bring together available material, heretofore not collected, into a single publication pertaining to the policy of the Latter-day Saints in the treatment of the Indians - a policy that was largely peculiarly their own. The endeavor is here made to show that this plan, besides being the best method to insure protection for the Saints against unexpected hostilities, was also a means of education for the red man in the arts of peace.