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To: robertpaulsen
Chief Justice, yes. Where do you guys keep coming up with "Founding Father"? Can you point to where he debated ANYTHING in one of the Convetions? He wasn't even a Representitive until 1799.

Redefining and Expanding the Courts role beyond it's designed limits while the ink on the Constitution was still drying is hardly a noteworthy accomplishment.

253 posted on 09/15/2006 2:24:31 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Quam terribilis est haec hora)
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To: Dead Corpse

Gibbons v. Ogden was a unanimous decision of the United States Supreme Court.

Chief Justice John Marshall, the chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, nominated by President John Adams, was joined in that unanimous decision by:

Justice William Johnson, who was nominated by President Thomas Jefferson.

Justice Thomas Todd, who served in the Revolutionary War at age 16 and was nominated by President Thomas Jefferson.

Justice Gabriel Duvall, who was nominated by President James Madison.

Justice Joseph Story, author of the revered Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, who was nominated by President James Madison.

Justice Smith Thompson, who was nominated by President James Monroe.

Justice Bushrod Washington, the nephew of George Washington, who was nominated by President John Adams.

Poor you.


254 posted on 09/15/2006 8:19:06 PM PDT by Mojave
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To: Dead Corpse
"Redefining and Expanding the Courts role"

The landmark case, Gibbons v Ogden, defined the Commerce Clause not redefined it (unless you can find an earlier definition). I would much rather the courts determine the original meaning than the original intent.

255 posted on 09/16/2006 5:14:52 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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