"Liberty under law" and selected supreme court opinions / / edited with commentary by Francis Graham Lee

• Autore: Taft William H (William Howard), <1857-1930.>
• Pubblicazione: Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (475 p.)
• Disciplina: 352.23/8/097309041
• Soggetto topico: Judicial opinions
• Altri autori: LeeFrancis Graham
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: William 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."
• Titolo autorizzato: "Liberty under law" and selected supreme court opinions
• ISBN: 0-8214-4171-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910968705603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II