The only impeachment of a Supreme Court Justice started amid a partisan fight over the Court, and ended as a powerful precedent for judicial independence
That's not the passive voice that Marshall was using. Its the 3rd person . Passive would be: 'the letters were carried by him ' rather than 'he carried the letter' which is active. And now that I’ve been a pedantic prick I’ll finish reading the rest of the article. Which is great. I learn loads from you.
Thank you for the useful list of common names. If you include female justices' maiden name, two entries may be added:
1. Sandra Day O’Connor (1981–2006), the first female and last formerly-elected-official Justice, and William R. Day (1903–22);
2. again—Ketanji Brown Jackson (2022–) and Henry Billings Brown (1891–1906), ironically the author of Plessy v. Ferguson and an opponent of women suffrage. Interestingly, then-Judge Howell Jackson advised President Harrison to appoint Brown to the Supreme Court in 1889 (Harrison heeded the advice a year later). Brown advised Harrison to appoint Jackson in 1893 (Harrison did). So, the Brown-Jackson connection is a quite old.
That's not the passive voice that Marshall was using. Its the 3rd person . Passive would be: 'the letters were carried by him ' rather than 'he carried the letter' which is active. And now that I’ve been a pedantic prick I’ll finish reading the rest of the article. Which is great. I learn loads from you.
Thank you for the useful list of common names. If you include female justices' maiden name, two entries may be added:
1. Sandra Day O’Connor (1981–2006), the first female and last formerly-elected-official Justice, and William R. Day (1903–22);
2. again—Ketanji Brown Jackson (2022–) and Henry Billings Brown (1891–1906), ironically the author of Plessy v. Ferguson and an opponent of women suffrage. Interestingly, then-Judge Howell Jackson advised President Harrison to appoint Brown to the Supreme Court in 1889 (Harrison heeded the advice a year later). Brown advised Harrison to appoint Jackson in 1893 (Harrison did). So, the Brown-Jackson connection is a quite old.
Another great read!