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Ulysses S. Grant nominated Ebenezer R. Hoar to a new seat on the court. The Senate rejected this nomination by a vote of 24–33. [17]: 54 Grant successfully nominated Joseph Bradley for the seat. [4] Grant also nominated Edwin M. Stanton, former Attorney General and Secretary of War to the court.
Grant was the first and, to date, the only president ever to testify for a defendant. The historic testimony came on Saturday, February 12, 1876. Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite, a Grant appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, presided over the deposition. [39] The following are excerpts from President Grant's deposition.
A grant of appellate review is dismissed as improvidently granted (DIG) when a court with discretionary appellate jurisdiction later decides that it should not review the case. [1] Notably, the Supreme Court of the United States occasionally grants a petition of the writ of certiorari, only to later DIG the case. [2]
In a 2-1 ruling, the panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Miami found that Blum was likely to prevail in his lawsuit claiming the grant program violates section 1981 of the ...
During President George W. Bush's two term tenure in office, a few of his nominations for federal judgeships were blocked by the Senate Democrats either directly in the Senate Judiciary Committee or on the full Senate floor in various procedural moves, including the first use of a filibuster to block a Federal Appeals Court nominee. [1]
Target argued in court documents that the case should be dismissed because America First Legal, according to the court document, failed to: "Plead facts showing that any alleged misstatement was ...
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Grant's collateral is forfeited the next day when he does not appear in court. The other six do object to their arrests, but all are fined heavily after testimony by members of the community. The men appeal; Grant works to ensure that West will not be punished as a result of their advocacy.