The justices' own sense of restraint
The oldest man at the time he was appointed Chief Justice was Harlan Fiske Stone, who was elevated from Associate Justice in July 1941 at the age of 68. Stone had served on the Court since March 1925. He was the Senior Associate Justice at the time of his promotion.Stone was also the Chief Justice with the shortest tenure, serving fewer than five years before dying of a stroke in April 1946, at the age of 73. Stone was on the bench delivering his dissenting opinion in Girouard v. United States, 328 US 61 (1946), when struck by a massive cerebral hemorrhage, and has the distinction of being the only Supreme Court justice to die in open court.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
They discuss the case in one or more scheduled conferences, then vote to determine the verdict. The Chief Justice or most senior justice in the majority group writes, or assigns writing, the official opinion of the Court.The opinion is then circulated amongst the justices for comments and suggestions. Other justices may write concurring or dissenting opinions. When the Court is satisfied that the work is complete, they announce their decision.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., son of the famous writer and physician by the same name. Holmes, a graduate of Harvard Law School, was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902, and approved unanimously by the Senate on December 4 of that year. He served on the bench until 1932. Holmes was well-known for his short, oft-quoted, and well-written opinions, which were frequently in dissent with the majority opinion. For this reason, his contemporaries referred to him as "The Great Dissenter," a label that has been applied to several justices over the years.
All of them. A Supreme Court commission is a lifetime appointment, so many Chief Justices serve until they die, although a few have retired or resigned late in life (none has been impeached and removed from office).Chief JusticesJohn Jay...............................(1745-1829)..............served 1789-1795John Rutledge.......................(1739-1800)..............served 1795-1795Oliver Ellsworth.....................(1745-1807)..............served 1796-1800John Marshall........................(1755-1835)..............served 1801-1835Roger B. Taney......................(1777-1865)..............served 1836-1854Salmon Chase.......................(1808-1873)..............served 1864-1873Morrison Waite......................(1816-1888)..............served 1874-1888Melville Fuller........................(1833-1910)..............served 1888-1910Edward Douglas White...........(1845-1921)..............served 1910-1921William Howard Taft...............(1857-1930)..............served 1921-1930Charles Evans Hughes............(1862-1948)..............served 1930-1941Harlan Fiske Stone.................(1872-1946)..............served 1941-1946Fred Vinson..........................(1890-1953)..............served 1946-1953Earl Warren..........................(1891-1974)..............served 1953-1969Warren Burger.......................(1907-1995)..............served 1969-1986William H. Rehnquist..............(1924-2005)..............served 1985-2005John G. Roberts, Jr.................(1955- )....................served 2005-(incumbent)
The justices' ow sense of restraint
Harlan Fiske Stone was born on October 11, 1872.
Harlan Fiske Stone was born on October 11, 1872.
Harlan Fiske Stone died on April 22, 1946 at the age of 73.
Harlan Fiske Stone died on April 22, 1946 at the age of 73.
Harlan Fiske Stone was born on October 11, 1872 and died on April 22, 1946. Harlan Fiske Stone would have been 73 years old at the time of death or 142 years old today.
Harlan Fiske Stone has written: 'Harlan Fiske Stone papers' -- subject(s): Correspondence, Libraries, United States. Dept. of Justice. Office of the Attorney General, Columbia University. School of Law, Smithsonian Institution, Art museums, United States. Supreme Court, Amherst College, Museums, United States, Folger Shakespeare Library, Constitutional law, National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Law, Law schools, Universities and colleges, Columbia University 'Law and its administration' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Administration of Justice, Jurisprudence, Law, Law reform 'The common law in the United States' -- subject(s): Common law
The oldest man at the time he was appointed Chief Justice was Harlan Fiske Stone, who was elevated from Associate Justice in July 1941 at the age of 68. Stone had served on the Court since March 1925. He was the Senior Associate Justice at the time of his promotion.Stone was also the Chief Justice with the shortest tenure, serving fewer than five years before dying of a stroke in April 1946, at the age of 73. Stone was on the bench delivering his dissenting opinion in Girouard v. United States, 328 US 61 (1946), when struck by a massive cerebral hemorrhage, and has the distinction of being the only Supreme Court justice to die in open court.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Fiske Goodeve Fiske-Harrison was born in 1793.
Fiske Goodeve Fiske-Harrison died in 1872.
Over the course of his presidency, FDR appointed nine Supreme Court Justices. They were Hugo Black, James F. Byrnes, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, Robert H. Jackson, Frank Murphy, Stanley Forman Reed, Wiley Blount Rutledge, and Harlan Fiske Stone.
Albert Augustus Fiske has written: 'The Fiske family'