Today in Supreme Court History: October 25, 1795

10/25/1795: Justice John Blair resigns from the Supreme Court.

Justice John Blair

Comments

[David Nieporent]

It's back (?!?).

[bernard11]

At least it's with my favorite of all the portraits.

I'm guessing whoever commissioned it didn't like Blair very much.

[Bored Lawyer]

This one is actually about Supreme Court history. Most of them aren't. Or only remotely so -- some 19th century Justice's wife's cousin's dog died today.
So it's a tiny step forward.

[The Margrave of Azilia]

It's back, and this time...it's relevant.

At least so far.

[Michael P]

Not only for today -- we got a whole week's worth of history posts retroactively published in a batch, and inserted at the corresponding spots in history.

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

Retroactive publication, with no mention of the backdating. That seems to be how right-wing "scholars" roll.

Then there are the rampant errors, some corrected without acknowledging the error or the change, others never corrected.

Georgetown deserves better, although it owns the hiring decision.

[Dan Schiavetta]

Myers v. United States 272 U.S. 52 (decided October 25, 1926): President can remove officers appointed with consent of Senate (here, a postmaster) without Senate approval, even though Constitution is silent on the issue; striking down 1876 statute and (finally) striking down the Tenure of Office Act under which Andrew Johnson had been impeached

Gegiow v. Uhl, 239 U.S. 3 (decided October 25, 1915): alien cannot be excluded on grounds that “overstocked labor market” in Portland (Ore.) would likely result in him becoming a public charge; grounds must be nation-based, not locality-based

Vicksburg & M.R. Co. v. Putnam, 118 U.S. 545 (decided October 25, 1886): in Federal Employer Liability Act action, judge should have instructed jury that they are not bound by actuarial tables showing life expectancy, but can use their own judgment

[SRG2]

Georgia v Trump, US __ (decided October 25 2024): Defendant sought cert on grounds of actual innocence, presidential immunity and Trump exception. Cert denied, Alito, joined by Thomas, dissented from the denial of cert on grounds of prosecutorial bias, ineffective assistance of counsel, the law against perpetuities and FYTW.

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

It appears these dumbasses* are retroactively repopulating (without acknowledging the backdating, of course) the shoddy scholarship of Today In Supreme Court History.

What a flaming shitstorm this has become.

* Profs. Barnett and Blackman

[Rubbish!]

Dude should have paid the extra $5 for a professional portrait artist.