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28 Jul 2007, 7:05 pm
In 1867, Andrew Johnson, a democrat, became President and the Republicans in Congress dropped the number of Justices to seven because they didn’t want him to have the opportunity to appoint any new Justices that would interfere with Reconstruction in the south. [read post]
28 May 2007, 6:48 am
His favorite college course was a class on Samuel Johnson; as a result, he still re-reads Johnson's “The Vanity of Human Wishes” annually on his birthday. [read post]
21 May 2007, 5:41 am
A lot of people who should know better (I'm talking to you, Samuel Johnson, and you, Jane Austen) have a low opinion of Henry Fielding. [read post]
20 May 2007, 4:15 am
"Nobody," says Samuel Johnson, "ever reads a book he was given. [read post]
18 May 2007, 8:30 am
The "underappreciated" Justices that will be discussed (in rough chronological order) include Samuel Chase, James Iredell, William Johnson, Bushrod Washington, David Davis, John McLean, David Brewer, Rufus Peckham, George Sutherland, Pierce Butler, and Sherman Minton. [read post]
17 May 2007, 9:23 am
Samuel Johnson. [read post]
26 Apr 2007, 1:02 am
King and Samuel J. [read post]
18 Apr 2007, 9:36 am
These Senators voted to not filibuster the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court: Akaka (D-HI) Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Baucus (D-MT)Bennett (R-UT) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO)Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Burr (R-NC) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN)Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Cornyn (R-TX)Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) DeWine (R-OH) Dole (R-NC) Domenici… [read post]
12 Apr 2007, 5:14 am
Johnson. [read post]
3 Apr 2007, 11:30 am
Stephenson Case, the Samuel Insull Case, the Alger Hiss Case 1 v. (1952) Busch, Francis X. [read post]
24 Mar 2007, 1:28 am
[That's a longtime favorite of mine, which I freely credit to Samuel Johnson, though I can't find a citation & am very likely making things up.] [read post]
16 Mar 2007, 10:01 am
John Marvin Johnson, Jr., et al - insurance dispute. [read post]
12 Mar 2007, 3:15 pm
Andrew Johnson pardoned Confederate rebels. [read post]
18 Feb 2007, 4:24 pm
America's founding contradiction was memorably captured by Samuel Johnson in 1775 when he asked: "how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes? [read post]
9 Feb 2007, 5:56 am
163 Reports so far. [read post]
7 Feb 2007, 9:48 pm
You'd probably expect that two guys whose idea of recreation includes commenting on drug and medical device product liability litigation would be members of the American Law Institute - and you'd be right. [read post]
5 Feb 2007, 7:46 pm
The four dictionaries are: Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755); Nathan Bailey, The New Universal Etymological English Dictionary (25th edition 1783); Thomas Sheridan, A Complete Dictionary of the English Language (4th Edition 1790); and Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). [read post]
28 Jan 2007, 12:35 pm
Samuel Johnson who once said, "People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. [read post]
22 Jan 2007, 6:47 am
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"Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson and his commanders point to what they say is a more violent street culture, the same one that generated 406 homicides last year. [read post]
