Today in Supreme Court History: November 18, 1811

11/18/1811: Justice Gabriel Duvall takes judicial oath. Professor David P. Currie said that an "impartial examination of Duvall's performance reveals to even the uninitiated observer that he achieved an enviable standard of insignificance against which all other justices must be measured."

Justice Gabriel Duvall

 

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[Frank Drackman]

He's more significant than Professor David P. Currie.
Ok, not fair, lets see, the Professor was Hah-Vud Law Review, clerked for 2 years then taught Constitutional law for 45 years.
It's like if I taught Medicine my whole life after 2 years of Practice. (37 years and I'm still practicing, one day I'll get it right)

Frank

[ReaderY]

And as has become a customary ritual this time of year, Mima Queen and child make their annual rise from the grave to lodge their objection.