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FORCE THAT MADE THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING POSSIBLE. HE WAS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HE IS THE ONLY PRESIDENT WHO EVER SERVED ON THE...
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WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD NOT BE AN AFTERTHOUGHT. THE SUPREME COURT WAS WORKING OUT OF ROOMS THAT WERE VERY, VERY CONSTRICTED IN THE...
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BUILT, A THINK AT ONE POINT HE MENTIONED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A HALL OF JUSTICE FOR THE SUPREME COURT. IT WAS NEVER BUILT. THE SUPREME COURT ALWAYS HAD...
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ROOM THERE. THEY MET ON SATURDAYS. THEY COULD DISCUSS CASES WHEN THE SENATE DID NOT MEET. THE JUSTICES WORKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. THEY WOULD HAVE MESSENGERS...
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NOT SOMEONE ELSE COULD HAVE EVER DONE WHAT TAFT DID TO BUILD THAT BUILDING, I DO NOT OF THE ANSWER TO. MAYBE IN OTHER CHIEF JUSTICE WHO WAS FIXATED ON...
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| 00:04:29 |
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OR 11TH CHIEF JUSTICE. NONE OF THEM BEFORE HAD BEEN ABLE TO DO IT, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THEM WERE HIGHLY RESPECTED FIGURES AND HAD BEEN CHIEF JUSTICE FOR...
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| 00:05:44 |
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MONEY, TAFT IMMEDIATELY RAN INTO A LITTLE PROBLEM. THE ARCHITECT AT THE CAPITOL WANTED TO HAVE THE CHIEF ROLE. TAP
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ALMOST INSISTED THAT THE LEGISLATION THAT PASSED WOULD MAKE HIM CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION. THERE WITH A SPECIAL COMMISSION FOR THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING....
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THE ARCHITECT -- >> THE ARCHITECT AND CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT OF BOTH FELT THE BUILDING SHOULD REFLECT THOMAS JEFFERSON'S ORIGINAL IDEA FOR A CAPITAL. JEFFERSON,...
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TO WORK OUT OF THEIR HOMES. THEY WERE HAPPY WITH THAT ARRANGEMENT. OF COURSE, THEY CAME TO THE BUILDING FOR A HEARING OF CASES. THE CHIEF JUSTICE
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AT THE TIME WAS CHARLES HUGHES. IT PROVIDED FOR HIM IN THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING. HE USED MORE AS A CEREMONIAL OFFICE TO GREET A DISTINGUISHED VISITORS...
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BLACK WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY JOINED BY JUSTICE
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REED, WHO IS A ROOSEVELT EMPLOYEE, AND HE WAS -- AND ROSA AND OTHER QUICK APPOINTMENT, FRANKFURTER AND DOUGLAS. IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, BLACK WAS...
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SIMPLE MAN. HE MAY
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BE JUST FELT THE BUILDING WAS NOT THE KIND OF BUILDING THAT HE COULD WRITE HIS OPINIONS IN AND FEEL AT HOME. HE NEVER MOVED IN. >> GRANDFATHER WAS OPPOSED...
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THE INTIMATE CHAMBERS FROM THE 19TH CENTURY IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING. HE THOUGHT THE NEW BUILDING WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE JUSTICES 'HUMILIT' HUMILITY....
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NEVER SET FOOT INSIDE THE CHAMBERS AND CONTINUE TO WORK IN HOME IN HIS APARTMENT. ACTUALLY, I'M TOLD THAT THE STAFF AT THE
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SUPREME COURT USED THE BUILDING IN THE 1930'S TO POINT OUT WHAT JUSTICES OFFICES WOULD LOOK LIKE. GRANDFATHER DID NOT NEED ALL THAT SPACE. THE BEDROOM...
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BEFORE HE -- ADVOCATE BEFORE BECAME A JUSTICE, HE WAS COMFORTABLE IN THAT BUILDING. IN THE OLD CHAMBERS,
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| 00:19:05 |
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HE HAD ARGUED THE CASE ON THE RIGHT OF THE STATE OF OREGON TO LIMIT THE HOURS OF WOMEN WORKING IN A LAUNDRY OR INDUSTRY USES IN OUR ECONOMY. THE CASE...
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CONGRESS HAD GIVEN BENEFITS, BUT THEY PLACED A VERY LOW LIMIT ON WHAT THE LAWYER FOR THE VETERANS FAMILY COULD CHARGE. ON APPEAL, MOTHER ARGUED THE CASE...
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| 00:21:32 |
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COUNTRY THE SON OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD COME OVER AFTER THE REVOLUTION OF ET48, FROM PRAGUE. HE WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS JEWISH HERITAGE, AND HE WAS AN EARLY...
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HOMELAND FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE. HE WORKED VERY HARD ALONG WITH OTHERS TO ACHIEVE WHAT IS NOW THE STATE OF ISRAEL. IT IS WELL ON THE GRANDFATHER FACED...
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LETTER TO THE RETIRING JUSTICE TO PRAISE HIM AND INDICATE HOW MUCH THE COURT WOULD MISS HIM. AND AFTER CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES DRAFTED THIS LETTER, THE...
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CENTRAL PUBLIC THEME DURING THE NOMINATION BATTLE. IT WAS A VERY LONG AND
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EXTENSIVE NOMINATION BATTLE IN 1916, UNLIKE WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THAT PERIOD OF OUR HISTORY. IT IS COMMONPLACE, BUT IN THOSE DAYS, YOU WENT FOR MANY...
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IN EUROPE, AND HE WAS VERY CONCERNED WHEN
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THE BRITISH ISSUE, "THE WHITE PAPER"
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LIMITED IMMIGRATION TO AND WHAT IS NOW ISRAEL BY JEWS THAT WERE TRYING TO ESCAPE HITLER. THEY WERE IN CHARGE UNDER A MANDATE. I REMEMBER AFTER ALL THESE...
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| 00:26:35 |
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ASSOCIATION THAT OPPOSED GRANDFATHERS' CONFIRMATION AS A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE DURING THE TEENS. BEFORE THAT WAS
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OVER, WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT CAME UP TO GRANDFATHER, RAN INTO HIM IN WASHINGTON AND SAID, I'VE DONE NEW JUSTICE. A FEW YEARS LATER, HE JOINED THE COURT AND...
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VERY PROUD ON THESE ISSUES THAT
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GRANDFATHER IDENTIFIED WITH HIS THOUGHTS. THE WHOLE PICTURE -- THE DISTINGUISHED MEN WHO HAVE SERVED THERE, AND HOW DEDICATED THEY ARE. BOTH JUSTICES,...
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