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Your contributing editor Alvin Josephy's junket produced an incisive report . . . However, Josephy's use of the label "progressive conservatism" is as valid as a label "conservative Communism." Conservatism, understood, needs no sugar-coated shell such as "progressive" to be palatable...
...late Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, who held the highest legal post in the land, died without leaving a valid will. He had written wills in 1928 and 1930, but neither had witnessing signatures. At probate court in Washington, it was disclosed that Vinson, after a lifetime of Government service, left an estate of $7,163, debts...
...Governor Warren undertakes to act as Chief Justice next Monday, he will be holding office, if at all, only until the end of the next session of the Senate. This recess appointment will be distinct from his permanent appointment and, indeed, would continue to be valid, if valid at all, even if the Senate were to reject his nomination for a permanent appointment. The permanent appointment will be subject to three future contingencies; (1) the decision of the President to forward his nomination to the Senate; (2) the decision of the President not to withdraw the nomination before...
...true that recess appointments have occasionally been given to judges of constitutional courts, and that various Attorneys General have assumed that such appointments are valid. But occasional practice backed by more assumption cannot settle a basic question of constitutional principle. Certainly, the famous early example of John Rutledge, who sat as Chief Justice and then failed of confirmation, does not prove the propriety of the practice. It provides, instead, a vivid illustration of its dangers and impropriety...
...only professor contacted who considered the appointment perfectly all right was Warren A. Seavey. "His vote will be valid even though he's not confirmed,' Seavey said...