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In U.S. Supreme Court history, " The switch in time that saved nine " is the phrase—originally a quip by humorist Cal Tinney [1] —about what was perceived in 1937 as the sudden jurisprudential shift by associate justice Owen Roberts in the 1937 case West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish. [2] Conventional historical accounts portrayed the Court's ...
1. Education. University of Pennsylvania (AB, LLB) Owen Josephus Roberts (May 2, 1875 – May 17, 1955) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1930 to 1945. [1] He also led two Roberts Commissions, the first of which investigated the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the second of which focused on works of cultural value ...
Lost the popular vote, but won the Electoral College. George W. Bush. 2004. Republican. 62,040,610. Winner (incumbent). Last Republican candidate to win the popular vote to date (as of 08/2024). Mitt Romney. 2012.
Al Schmidt, pictured here in Philadelphia on Nov. 6, 2020, is the top election official in Pennsylvania.
With 50 days until Election Day, Harris leads Trump, the Republican nominee, 49%-46% in Pennsylvania, a statewide poll of 500 likely Pennsylvania voters conducted from Wednesday to Sunday found ...
In all, the Republican Party has carried Pennsylvania in 26 presidential elections, the Democratic Party in 20, the Democratic-Republican Party in 8, the Whig Party in 2, and the Progressive Party in 1 (1912). A nonpartisan candidate, George Washington, carried the state twice (in 1789 and 1792). Pennsylvania has voted for the overall victor in ...
The election saw the highest voter turnout by percentage since 1900, with each of the two main tickets receiving more than 74 million votes, surpassing Barack Obama's record of 69.5 million votes from 2008. Biden received more than 81 million votes, [10] the most votes ever cast for a candidate in a U.S. presidential election. [11]
Owen J. Roberts, Justice, Supreme Court of the United States [29]; James Wilson, Justice, Supreme Court of the United States (Hon. LL.D); Penn's first law professor (1790-92); signer of the Declaration of Independence, and major participant in first and subsequent drafts of U.S. Constitution, which he signed (becoming one of only six people to sign both documents) [30]