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9 Nov 2021, 5:08 pm by Howard Bashman
“The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Finally Found a Religious Objection They Don’t Like; John Henry Ramirez says he wants a pastor by his side in the execution chamber; Three justices think he might be faking it”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. [read post]
30 Aug 2021, 6:37 pm by Howard Bashman
“On Death Row in Texas, a Last Request: A Prayer and ‘Human Contact’; Scheduled for execution on Sept. 8, John Henry Ramirez is suing to have his Baptist pastor lay hands on him as he dies”: Ruth Graham of The New York Times has this report. [read post]
22 Aug 2008, 3:14 pm
Remember the folk tale of John Henry, the railway worker who went head to head in a contest of efficiency with a steam-drill to prove that man was superior to machine? [read post]
28 Apr 2014, 5:55 am by Margaret Wood
  John was Henry’s youngest son. [read post]
25 Jul 2011, 5:00 am by SupremeCourtHaiku
Connecticut born Admirer of  John Marshall Financial troubles Biography [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 11:03 am
If the John Henry analogy is complete, he can break curses and deliver a World Series too. [read post]
4 Aug 2017, 5:01 pm by Eugene Volokh
The one that of course comes to mind is John Henry vs. the steam drill, but John Henry was so unusually strong that the competition was pointless: To succeed, the steam drill didn’t have to beat John Henry, since no railroad could have a work force of John Henrys — instead, the steam drill just had to beat the ordinary steel-driving man. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 10:15 am by Karen Beck
Last week, I happened upon a thick manuscript attributed to Henry John Stephen, entitled The Principles and Practice of the Laws of England with Their Recent Alterations, ca. 1840. [read post]
6 Dec 2023, 6:00 am by Stuart N. Brotman
Kissinger, unlike all of his predecessors as Secretary of State (think John Foster Dulles or Christian Herter) understood that television imagery is an essential instrument to be used strategically in statecraft. [read post]
14 Apr 2015, 11:00 am
Kellogg, it catered to many well-heeled health seekers including Henry Ford, John D. [read post]