LEADER 03955nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910968705603321 005 20251117003527.0 010 $a0-8214-4171-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713833 035 $a(OCoLC)133162185 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10118460 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000278028 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12094286 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278028 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10241055 035 $a(PQKB)11646883 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3026854 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3026854 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10118460 035 $a(OCoLC)923681396 035 $a(BIP)9144794 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713833 100 $a20020715d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a"Liberty under law" and selected supreme court opinions /$fedited with commentary by Francis Graham Lee 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAthens $cOhio University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (475 p.) 225 0 $aThe collected works of William Howard Taft ;$vVolume VIII 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a0-8214-1564-6 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Commentary -- LIBERTY UNDER LAW -- SELECTED SUPREME COURT OPINIONS OF CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT -- October Term, 1921 -- VOLUME 257 -- VOLUME 258 -- VOLUME 259 -- October Term, 1922 -- VOLUME 260 -- VOLUME 261 -- VOLUME 262 -- October Term, 1923 -- VOLUME 263 -- VOLUME 264 -- VOLUME 265 -- October Term, 1924 -- VOLUME 268 -- VOLUME 267 -- VOLUME 266 -- October Term, 1925 -- VOLUME 271 -- VOLUME 270 -- VOLUME 269 -- October Term, 1926 -- VOLUME 272 -- VOLUME 273 -- VOLUME 274 -- October Term, 1927 -- VOLUME 275 -- VOLUME 276 -- VOLUME 277 -- October Term, 1928 -- VOLUME 279 -- VOLUME 278 -- October Term, 1929 -- VOLUME 280 -- Index. 330 $aWilliam Howard Taft's presidency (1909-1913), succeeding Theodore Roosevelt's, was mired in bitter partisan fighting, and Taft sometimes blundered politically. However, this son of Cincinnati assumed his true calling when President Warren G. Harding appointed him to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1921. Taft remains the only person to have served both as president of the United States and as chief justice of the Supreme Court. The Collected Works of William Howard Taft, Volume VIII , consists of "Liberty under Law" and selected Supreme Court opinions, among the most instructive accomplishments of Taft's ten years at the helm of the court. The writings reveal the sober judgments of a federalist who viewed state regulation with suspicion, championed national government, and saw an independent and powerful judiciary as the bulwark protecting the "vested rights" that the framers of the U.S. Constitution sought to guarantee. Whatever his failings as a politician, Taft was an intellectual powerhouse who knew how to use the law as a lever to encourage society to move toward more stable and productive ends. Although Taft is considered an average president at best, historians and political scientists rank him among fifteen "near greats" who have served on the high court. His ability and his love for the law shine through in Volume VIII , the concluding volume of The Collected Works of William Howard Taft . As Taft reportedly said to President Harding upon his appointment as chief justice, "I love judges and I love courts. They are my ideals on earth of what we shall meet afterward in heaven under a just God." 606 $aJudicial opinions 615 0$aJudicial opinions. 676 $a352.23/8/097309041 700 $aTaft$b William H$g(William Howard),$f1857-1930.$0246716 701 $aLee$b Francis Graham$01867290 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968705603321 996 $a"Liberty under law" and selected supreme court opinions$94474776 997 $aUNINA