Word: appointment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Smith nor any other President, can appoint judges of the Supreme Court of the United States...
...President shall nominate and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint Judges of the Supreme Court...
From the foregoing it is apparent that no President can appoint Supreme Court Judges, not even the "dehumanized super-efficiency expert" Mr. Hoover, if by any mischance he should be elected...
Many a citizen, not unwilling to lend an ear to the plight of "prisons abroad," nevertheless wondered why the President had ever appointed one of their number especially to deal with such a subject. The answer is: In 1878, there were a dozen international conferences. One, at Berlin, had to do with peace (Disraeli v. Bis marck). Another, no longer mentioned in history books, had to do with prisons and resulted in a commission to which Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, etc. each contributed a commissioner. Mr. Chisolm was the U. S.'s fourth contribution. To succeed him, the President must...
...already possess the right to appoint our own Governor-General! I doubt, however, whether the time is ripe for such action...