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9 Oct 2009, 11:20 am
William Badger, who in 1834 pressed the Legislature to abolish the death penalty. [read post]
3 Aug 2023, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
A miniature portrait of Barnes (c. 1789), via Wikipedia West represented himself pro se in the circuit court in June 1791 before Chief Justice John Jay, Associate Justice William Cushing, and Henry Marchant. [read post]
24 Sep 2014, 2:02 am by rhapsodyinbooks
George Washington’s appointments John Jay…………………1789-1795 (Chief Justice) John Rutledge………….1789-1791 William Cushing………..1789-1810 James Wilson…………..1789-1798 John Blair……………….1789-1795 James Iredell…………..1790-1799 Thomas Johnson……….1791-1793 William… [read post]
2 Jun 2007, 3:30 pm
William Cushing and John Blair, the Chief Justices of Massachusetts and Virginia respectively, were nominated to fill the two remaining seats. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 4:15 am by Dianne Saxe
The Dalai Lama, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Irish peace campaigners Mairead Maguire and Betty Williams, and U.S. anti-landmines activist Jody Williams signed a letter dated September 7, 2011 in which they insist that the project will “endanger the entire planet”. [read post]
26 Feb 2016, 3:10 pm by The Public Employment Law Press
He holds a J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law and a B.S. from Salve Regina University. [read post]
William Neal Moore, who killed a homeowner in Georgia during a break-in and spent 16 years on Georgia's death row before his sentence was commuted to life and he was eventually released. [read post]
31 Mar 2009, 11:30 am
At the Supreme Court's first session in 1790, a single justice showed up wearing a white wig (Justice William Cushing) that he had worn on the Massachusetts bench. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 3:05 pm by almaraz
2010 Animal Law Conference Animals in Crisis: Using the Laws We Have, Getting the Laws We Need – Agenda October 15-17, 2010 Animal Law Conference web page | Speaker Biographies | Animal Law Conference Program | email the Center for Animal Law Studies Welcome Reception & Keynote Address Katrina Sharman Introductions and Welcome: Stefan Heller Kathy Hessler Aurora Paulsen Dangerous Waters: Animals in the Wake of the Gulf Oil Spill William Eubanks Bob Sallinger Liberty & Justice… [read post]
20 Jun 2016, 5:22 pm by Molly Runkle
Commentary on the opinion comes from Tim Cushing at TechDirt, Lisa Soronen for International Municipal Lawyers Association, Avia Shen of ThinkProgress, Jonathan Blanks for Cato at Liberty, Victoria Massie of Vox, Noah Feldman of Bloomberg View, Stephanie Mencimer of Mother Jones, and Mark Joseph Stern of Slate. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 8:26 am by Jonathan Bailey
It’s a chiller of a horror film starring the always-great Vincent Price as Fredrick and directed by B movie giant William Castle. [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 9:44 am by Steve Hall
Most of the attention focused on the "Kimberly Cates bill" sponsored by House Speaker William O'Brien, a Mont Vernon Republican. [read post]
4 Dec 2017, 7:33 am by Jim Martin
 Caleb Cushing, who served as Attorney General during the administration of Franklin Pierce, established the precedent of not conducting a private law practice. [read post]
19 Sep 2016, 9:41 pm by Mark Walsh
” In 1794, four members of the then-six member Court heard the case: Chief Justice John Jay and Associate Justices William Cushing, William Paterson, and James Wilson. [read post]
18 Nov 2016, 1:40 pm by Kevin
Finally, I noticed that Corrigan was represented pro bono by a team of students at the College of William & Mary’s appellate clinic, so congratulations to them, and good work. [read post]
13 Apr 2021, 9:53 am by Alexandra "Mac" Taylor
Though historians debate the extent of the role that this trio of cases played in the cause of ending slavery, they represented a significant step towards it—a step ultimately resulting in the declaration by Supreme Court Chief Justice William Cushing that the institution of slavery was incompatible with the principles of liberty and legal equality articulated in the new Massachusetts Constitution. [read post]
8 Oct 2017, 9:01 pm by Ronald D. Rotunda
It was an inauspicious beginning for the new Court: Georgia refused to appear, claiming it had sovereign immunity; Georgia lost; and then the Eleventh Amendment (enacted in 1795) overturned Chisholm.Each of the justices (Chief Justice John Jay, and Justices John Blair, James Wilson, William Cushing, and James Iredell) in Chisholm wrote separate opinions. [read post]