Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... Court be appointed for ten year terms and judges of the inferior courts for seven years , with reappointment possible , but with retirement compulsory for all judges at the age of 70. All of the Whig delegates and some of the Free ...
... Court be appointed for ten year terms and judges of the inferior courts for seven years , with reappointment possible , but with retirement compulsory for all judges at the age of 70. All of the Whig delegates and some of the Free ...
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... Court was established in its stead . Some Massachusetts lawyers believed , though none of them cared to say it out loud , that many of the legislators who voted for But- ler's bill did so because they considered the judges of the Court ...
... Court was established in its stead . Some Massachusetts lawyers believed , though none of them cared to say it out loud , that many of the legislators who voted for But- ler's bill did so because they considered the judges of the Court ...
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... court . This matter , he emphasized , was of much consequence for if the Senate were sitting as a court it would have to observe the rules and precedents of common law , the senators constituting the court would be liable to challenge ...
... court . This matter , he emphasized , was of much consequence for if the Senate were sitting as a court it would have to observe the rules and precedents of common law , the senators constituting the court would be liable to challenge ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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