Today in Supreme Court History: April 30, 1789

4/30/1789: President Washington's inauguration. He would appoint eleven members to the Supreme Court: Chief Justices Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth, and Justices Wilson, Blair, Cushing, Rutledge, Iredell, Johnson, Paterson, and Chase.

President Washington's Appointees

Comments

[Dan Schiavetta]

Microsoft v. AT&T, 550 U.S. 437 (decided April 30, 2007): patent statute protections don't apply to infringing products sold overseas.

Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (decided April 30, 1986): can't use peremptory to exclude jurors based on race.

Lott v. Pittman, 243 U.S. 588 (decided April 30, 1917): lower appellate decision invalid because based on vote of judge appointed after appeal was argued.

[DaivdBehar]

Thank you for your alternative and useful blog post.

Washington appointed 11 Justices. The number should be even no matter whst it is. I have suggested 500. If the Court will make laws, let it be the size of a legislature. No lawyers should be allowed. Most Justices wete not. Move it to Wichita, the middle of the Continental US, away from that degenerate, rent seeking capital.

[Dan Schiavetta]

I don't know if anyone (that is, any non-pathological adults) are reading these posts, but if so, I am having a lot of fun on these "Today in S.Ct. History" responses, and in the process I myself am learning quite a lot about actual SCTOUS history.

[Cal Cetín]

I'm not pathological, I simply have a Napoleon complex.

Which is understandable, since I *am* Napoleon.

[Sarcastr0]

😀

[Syd Henderson]

I read them every day. Don't always read the details of the case, or, in this case, the bios of the Justices.

Note that Washington appointed "only" ten people since he appointed Rutledge twice.

[korioliam]

I'm the only one wondering why only men are cited as an example here? If it was on my favorite dating site, then I would have already been attacked by feminists)) I know about this, so I always look for calm language when it comes to relationships between men and women. If anyone wants to make sure, he can go to the chat at the tenderbang. I go there on Fridays and Saturdays looking for interesting people.