Word: appointive
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that Justice Brandeis, who is 80 and belongs to the opposite, liberal wing of the Court, would retire at the same time, but Mr. Brandeis was adamant. He would not retire while the Court was under fire. So Mr. Van Devanter retired single-handed,* giving the President opportunity to appoint a liberal in his place. Thus he pulled a second prop from beneath the President's position, for liberals in Congress felt there was still less need for enlarging the Court to insure a liberal majority. Result: the one promising chance of the President's getting his plan...
...President had not promised, Joe Robinson's chances might have been slim. But Senators are touchy about past examples of the changeability of the Roosevelt mind, and among good politicians a promise is a sacred thing. There was talk in the cloakrooms that if Joe Robinson were not appointed, no one else would be confirmed. If this was a bit fantastic, there remained the likelihood that by failure to appoint Joe Robinson, the President would stir up a bigger nest of hornets than he had by his Supreme Court bill...
With the announcement that Associate Justice Willis Van Devanter of the Supreme Court is going to retire on June 2, the way is opened for the President to appoint a new member to the court. The two men most prominently mentioned an possibilities for this appointment are both members of the Harvard faculty...
Nine men are to be elected, six from the Junior Class and three Sophomores. These nine will meet Wednesday, May 26, to appoint eight additional members in a five to three ratio. And finally next year's body of 17 gathers Friday, May 28, with John B. Bowditch '37, the retiring president, to choose officers...
...President of Eire, with authority akin to that of a U. S. President, will be the State's No. 1 man, elected directly by the people for seven years and ineligible for a second term. He will appoint the prime minister, cabinet, judiciary, will be head of the defense forces, must pen his signature to bills passed by the legislature before they can become law. The President will not be answerable to the legislature, cannot be prosecuted for crimes civil or criminal, can be impeached only for ''treason or high crimes" by a two-thirds majority...