Word: justiceship
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When that point was reached, Brownell requisitioned an Air Force plane and flew to California. Dwight Eisenhower and Herbert Brownell already knew that Warren would like a Supreme Court post. But they wanted to find out specifically how the 62-year-old Californian felt about the Chief Justiceship, and whether he could take over right away. After an hour's talk with Warren at McClellan Field outside Sacramento. Brownell had his answers. He flew back to Washington, made his recommendation. President Eisenhower accepted it on the spot...
...doubt the technical question is open to debate. In advising the President that he has power to fill the vacancy in the Chief Justiceship by a recess appointment, Attorney General Browell is, of course, relying on the broad image of Article II, section 2, of the Constitution, applicable to federal offices generally, that "The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may "happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session...
Charles R. Cherington '35, professor of Government, greeted the choice of Warren warmly. "It seems a very logical political move. He's a very admirable man, and this is just like the appointment of Charles Evans Hughes. I look forward to a distinguished Chief Justiceship. And I'm pretty sure he'll take a stand against segregation; he's a good American...