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Edward Cahill is writing a critical review of Chief Justice Henry Baldwin’s decision in Hoxie vs. the N. Y., N. H., and H. R. Railway. He requests a brief statement from Theodore Roosevelt on his exact point of criticism of Baldwin’s decision.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-11
Judge Speer encloses a list of United States judges who will likely be appointed by Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan. He explains to President Roosevelt the ramifications of having Bryan potentially nominating a large number of justices to federal courts at various levels. The Bryan judges would likely jeopardize peonage laws and the Employers Liability Act, among other things. Democrat-appointed judges would shift jurisprudence to favor states’ rights over federal authority.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-26