Word: bench
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That to establish a 7-2 rule would produce a worse condition than at present: three objectors on the bench could do as much to uphold an iniquitous and unconstitutional law as five Justices can now do to overthrow a good...
...will be the first time in the history of the Court that the U. S. Judge, John Bassett "Moore, will be absent from the bench, Judge Moore having been obliged to go to America...
...fundamental difference between the Supreme Court of the U. S. and the Privy Council is the difference in the size of the calendar. Comparatively few cases come before the Supreme English bench, whereas the U. S. Supreme Court has each year a thousand or more cases on its calendar. Mr. Beck states that the appeals to the Supreme Court are generally more difficult and complex, involve greater interests...
...Privy Council, arguments are largely conversation, and counsel face the lord justices across a narrow table. In the Supreme Court, arguments are formal and often forensic, and the justices sit upon an elevated bench, with counsel standing at a considerable distance below...
...quiet game of cards. But those who were encouraged to hear of William James' interest, must have had their soaring hopes dampened. Since even James did not really speak, what chance is there of hearing from Professor Royce and Professor Agassiz, or perhaps John Harvard himself from a possible bench in an aerial Mermaid Tavern...