Thread: Bush Remaking Supreme Court

Seems to me Bush is doing the exact same things every President that has had to make appointments has done...

Originally Posted by Gunslinger

Neocons

ROTFL!

Originally Posted by porsteamboy

Plessy v. Ferguson May 18, 1896. What is interesting is the dissenting opinion of Justice John Marshall Harlan 1833-1911 from Kentucky ( republican )

Thanks. Wow, five decades off. Brown v. Board of education was the 1950s case (1952) that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.

Thanks for the tip to Justice Harlan's opinion. Here's the line that struck me the most. How prescient.

In my opinion, the judgment this day rendered will, in time, prove to be quite as pernicious as the decision made by this tribunal in the Dred Scott Case.

Originally Posted by shek

Thanks. Wow, five decades off. Brown v. Board of education was the 1950s case (1952) that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.

Thanks for the tip to Justice Harlan's opinion. Here's the line that struck me the most. How prescient.

Justice Harlan's call was right on the money, everything he said that would happen; did. Supreme Court heard Brown v. Board of Education in 1952 but failed to reach a decision, reargument heard in 1953 and the case decided in 1954. The decision was desegregation in education and did not abolish segregation in other public areas. Also the Supreme Court did not put a time on the desgregation of schools and it took years before it took hold.

Just asking a question here... Is Bush the first president to name not only the head of the Supreme Court but more then one judge to Supreme Court during his term/terms as president? Who was the last anybody know?

Originally Posted by Dreadnought

Just asking a question here... Is Bush the first president to name not only the head of the Supreme Court but more then one judge to Supreme Court during his term/terms as president? Who was the last anybody know?

George Washington, he nominated all of them!