Today in Supreme Court History: March 12, 1889

3/12/1889: Justice John Campbell dies.

Comments

[Dan Schiavetta]

Cancer of the eyebrows. You can see the early symptoms in this photo.

[Jerry B.]

Not to mention the neck beard.

[bernard11]

Having a beard like that would drive me crazy.

[Dan Schiavetta]

Me too. Perhaps he likes being irritated.

(Wild thought: maybe that's no beard -- it's the top of his hair shirt.)

[Dan Schiavetta]

That was certainly the era of inventively weird facial hair. Probably the last time men had as many fashion choices as women.

[DaivdBehar]

First and catastrophic expression of judicial review. It overturned a law that prevented war for 30 years. It violated a ratified international treaty with Canada. It violated Article I Section 1 of the constitution, giving all lawmaking power to the Congress. It set off the Civil War that killed 600000 Americans, like 2 million today. This decision is never covered in denier law school class, like WWII in Japanese high school history class.

Nice job. Dumbass lawyers. You may reply, long ago. How about the slaughter of millions of innocent babies, today, 100 times more catastrophic consequence of judicial review, mass murdering maniacs?

[Alpheus W Drinkwater]

A poster child for being on the wrong side of history.