Today in Supreme Court History: February 17, 1801

2/17/1801: House of Representatives breaks tie in Electoral College, and selects Thomas Jefferson as President.

Thomas Jefferson

Comments

[Dan Schiavetta]

Complicated genius. If there’s anyone I’d like to meet and talk with in the afterlife, it’s this guy.

[Alpheus W Drinkwater]

I'd guess that meeting and talking with his electoral opponent Aaron Burr would be a lot more entertaining.

[Dan Schiavetta]

Only if you took away his “2A rights”!

[Noscitur a sociis]

An incident that involved every branch of government except the Supreme Court.

[Alpheus W Drinkwater]

As Ed Whelan pointed out, Feb. 17 1964 was when the decision in Wesberry v Sanders was announced. A pretty big and consequential decision.