Today in Supreme Court History: February 21, 1868

2/21/1868: President Johnson orders Secretary of War Edwin Stanton removed from office. In Myers v. U.S. (1926), the Supreme Court found that Johnson's actions were lawful.

President Andrew Johnson

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[Dan Schiavetta]

On the other hand, if Stanton was in charge of an investigation into possible Johnson wrongdoing, and Johnson sacked him to halt the investigation . . .

[CJColucci]

I would have thought any case Stanton brought against Johnson would have been moot after 58 years.