06-22-2005, 05:21 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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Farm subsidies and the KKK
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Plessy was decided by decided by six Republican appointees and three Democratic appointees:
Chief Justice Melville Fuller, appointed by Grover Cleveland, a Democrat
Justice Stephen Field, appointed by Lincoln
Justice Horace Gray, appointed by Chester Arthur, a Republican
Justice John Harlan, appointed by Rutherford Hayes, a Republican
Justice David Brewer, appointed by Benjamin Harrison, a Republican
Justice Henry Brown, appointed by Harrison
Justice George Shiras, Jr., appointed by Harrison
Justice Edward White, appointed by Cleveland
Justice Rufus Peckham, appointed by Cleveland
Though Harlan gets mad props for dissenting.
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Another fun game to play is looking at which states tended to vote Democrat vs. Republican in the late 1800s. It's a Blue State/Red State flip-flop.
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