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24 Feb 2016, 8:31 am by Nicolette Koozer
The longest amount of time recorded to go from nomination to a successful confirmation was Associate Justice, Louis Brandeis from the Woodrow Wilson administration at 125 days. [read post]
21 Feb 2020, 6:00 am by Elin Hofverberg
 The most famous example is the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, and I was able to explore the history of its adoption here at the Law Library. [read post]
23 Jan 2020, 7:24 am by Nicholas Mosvick
” President Woodrow Wilson himself was assailed in the press as a pettifogger. [read post]
26 Mar 2008, 8:25 am
The following Presidents had no military experience whatsoever:   John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, Grover Cleveland, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, and Bill Clinton. [read post]
9 Jan 2008, 3:50 am
Then there are preemptive or oppositional presidents, who take office in the face of a political order opposed to their political views and who must triangulate and accommodate (think Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton). [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 3:10 am by Scott Bomboy
Executive Orders, First Month Of New Administration Year President Orders Notes 1829 Andrew Jackson 1 Army pensions 1837 Martin Van Buren 1 Surgeon General to accompany ex-President Jackson 1841 William Henry Harrison 0 1841 Martin Van Buren 0 1845 James Polk 0 1849 Zachary Taylor 0 1850 Millard Fillmore 1 Funeral closures for President Taylor 1853 Franklin Pierce 1 Construction of White House wings 1857 James Buchanan 0 1861 Abraham Lincoln 0 Writ suspension came after… [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 7:53 am by Rick Pildes
Woodrow Wilson, in his later years as a scholar before assuming office, urged presidents to view their office as “anything [they have] the sagacity and force to make it. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 9:07 am by Daniel J. Hemel, Eric A. Posner
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s guilty plea in federal court last week has awoken interest in the long-dormant Logan Act. [read post]
21 May 2015, 11:05 am by Wells Bennett
Woodrow Wilson’s leadership during World War I provides an interesting instance in which poor legal justifications led to legitimacy problems. [read post]
13 Mar 2019, 9:05 pm by Marissa Martino Golden
The Pendleton Act of 1883 was an attempt to limit the spoils system popularized by President Andrew Jackson and to create a more merit-based, technocratically proficient, professional, and competent civil service. [read post]