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Chief Justice Taney: Prophet Of Reform And Reaction, Robert J. Harris
Chief Justice Taney: Prophet Of Reform And Reaction, Robert J. Harris
Vanderbilt Law Review
Roger Brooke Taney's judicial career began and ended in controversy.' His appointment as Chief Justice in 1836 came not long after his nomination to be Secretary of the Treasury had been rejected and his nomination to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court had been indefinitely postponed because of his role as a central figure in the great controversy between the Jackson administration and the Bank of the United States. These successive nominations of Taney to high position evoked a flood of partisan invective against him in an age which was hardly characterized by restraint. In the course of …
Justice William Cushing And The Treaty-Making Power, F. William O'Brien S.J.
Justice William Cushing And The Treaty-Making Power, F. William O'Brien S.J.
Vanderbilt Law Review
Although the work of the Supreme Court during the first few years was not great if measured in the number of cases handled, it would be a mistake to conclude that the six men who sat on the Bench during this formative period made no significant contribution to the development of American constitutional law. The Justices had few if any precedents to use as guides, and therefore their judicial work, limited though it was in volume, must be considered as stamped with the significance which attaches to all pioneer activity. Moreover, most of this work was done while on circuit …
Mr. Justice Rutledge And The Roosevelt Court, Alfred O. Canon
Mr. Justice Rutledge And The Roosevelt Court, Alfred O. Canon
Vanderbilt Law Review
The career of Mr. Justice Wiley Blount Rutledge on the Supreme Court of the United States came to an end on September 10, 1949. His passing signified the end of a man's work--and the end of an era. As Rutledge's last opinion became a part of American constitutional history, the Roosevelt Court disappeared and a new alignment of majority and minority was born. The influence of Rutledge in this important period of constitutional development will be difficult to measure until the broader outlines of contemporary social, political, economic, and legal trends are more firmly sketched in the future. A justice's …