Today in Supreme Court History: May 7, 1873

5/7/1873: Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase died. One month earlier, he dissented in the Slaughter-House Cases, and was the lone dissenter in Bradwell v. Illinois.

 

Comments

[Commenter_XY]

He was a thorn in the side of POTUS Lincoln while he was Secretary of the Treasury, that is for sure. Were it not for his creativity in raising money for the union effort, he would have been summarily dismissed and faded away into historical insignificance.

[Queen Amalthea]

Good point. It's perhaps a bit unoriginal to note it now but still or perhaps more so important how Lincoln was 'big enough' to work with a group of talented rivals.

[Cal Cetín]

A Team of Rivals, as it were.

[Dan Schiavetta]

https://www.bankrate.com/2018/11/28092158/Pictures-of-big-bills-10000-Chase.jpg

[Cal Cetín]

"Whose picture is on the $10,000 bill?"

"I'm not sure, mind if I take a look?"

[Dan Schiavetta]

"I usually don't carry around such small bills. I might have a couple at home in the junk drawer."

[Vaclav Matthess]

This brings up The Legal Tender Cases. See http://www.harvard-jlpp.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/31-3/Natelson Online - Paper Money.pdf for a good discussion.

[Dilan Esper]

Not sure about $10,000 bills, but we should definitely bring back the $500 and maybe the $1000. The government is deliberately not keeping up with inflation because it wants to eliminate financial privacy and ensure that there's a record of every transaction. And that's a really bad idea.

[Cal Cetín]

His daughter:

http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/residents-visitors/notable-visitors/notable-visitors-kate-chase-sprague-1840-1899/kate-chase-sprague-2/

[Dan Schiavetta]

A good-looking family.