The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 455
... Court from 1870. Bradley was ap- pointed to fill a vacancy on the Electoral Commission of 1877 , and his vote elected Rutherford B. Hayes president of the United States . As a justice he emphasized the power of the federal government to ...
... Court from 1870. Bradley was ap- pointed to fill a vacancy on the Electoral Commission of 1877 , and his vote elected Rutherford B. Hayes president of the United States . As a justice he emphasized the power of the federal government to ...
Page 500
... Court by Republican president Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 despite his Democratic party affiliation . A liberal constructionist and articulate de- fender of the Bill of Rights , Brennan was nonetheless able to secure general consensus ...
... Court by Republican president Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 despite his Democratic party affiliation . A liberal constructionist and articulate de- fender of the Bill of Rights , Brennan was nonetheless able to secure general consensus ...
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... Court of Last Resort ( later called the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals ) was enlarged , and Catron was elected to it by the legislature . In his most famous de- cision on this court he disbarred a lawyer for duelling and denounced ...
... Court of Last Resort ( later called the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals ) was enlarged , and Catron was elected to it by the legislature . In his most famous de- cision on this court he disbarred a lawyer for duelling and denounced ...
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Beckford detail from an oil painting | 107 |
John Hoppner c 1800 in the Salford | 234 |
To make the best use of the Britannica | 260 |
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