He is the one you could write novels about. He was on the Supreme Court. He left the Supreme Court. He ran for president. Then he went back to the Supreme Court. When of the finest minds on the courts. Why use . Andrew jackson said that he looks like god and talks like god. Charles evans hughes the republican president ial nominee soon after the national convention. Tonight, we looked at the life and legacy of Charles Evans hughes who was a twoterm governor, secretary of state, and twice a Supreme Court justice. He was p the Senior Partners toa little bit about Charles Evans hughes and his support for women voting. Also very proud and the original edition of the independent weekly magazine that came out the week after justice used to see the republican nomination for the presidency. Justice hughes got the republican nomination for the presidency. Mrs. Hughes, she is on here in support of womens suffrage, which she supported as well. With the things we were not aware of the Republican Party platform in 1916 was that each state would have the right to determine whether or not women would have the right to vote. Does this Hughes Justice hughes said he would go beyond the Republican Party platform and support the susan b. Anthony and in him. He was considered quite a great orator. Lets listen to what he sounded like. Bigotry and racial animosities and intolerance are the deadly enemies of true democracy. There can be no friendly cooperation if they exist. They are enemies more dangerous than any external force. Yes. Another thing we want to highlight was the importance of wasis used importancejus the importance of mrs. Hughes in his life. She was the daughter of walter carter, the senior partner in the hughes law firm. He met her at an Office Holiday party. Issue was a very educated woman, influential in his life. He also had three daughters who together with mrs. Hughes, i introducing us to each of the members of the Supreme Court in 1937. Associate justice sutherland. It became a senator from utah. The only Supreme Court catholic. A democrat who supported president harding. From wyoming 78. 56 years on the bench. James reynolds of tennessee, 75. Confirmed bachelor. Has voted against every new deal measure. Benjamin Nathan Benjamin nathan cardozo, a 67 67, appointed by president hoover. Arlen of new york, a former dean of the University Law school. Justice brandeis of kentucky. Wilson dared not appoint him attorney general, but did reported him to the court. The did appoint him to the core. And justice roberts. At 61, the youngest justice. Long a conservative. And Charles Evans hughes, 75. Chief justice since 1930. Sometimes conservative, sometimes liberal. President roosevelt goes on the air in an appeal for Popular Support for his plan to reorganize the federal judiciary. It is his second such appeal within six days. He tells the people that his plan would protect them. Those opposing the plan have sots to so prejudice and fear by saying i am seeking to pack the Supreme Court. What did they mean by packing the Supreme Court . Let me answer this question with a bluntness that will and all honest misunderstanding of my purpose. Is by that phrase it is charged if by that phrase is charged i wish to place on the bench spineless puppets to disregard the law and decide specific cases as i wish them to be decided, i make this answer. That no president s bid for his office would appoint and no senate of honorable men bid for their office would confirm that kind of appointee to the Supreme Court of the United States. We what a Supreme Court that will do justice under the constitution and not over it. In our courts, we want a government of laws and not of men. The court lacking the Court Packing plan was a very serious threat. It was proposed by an immensely popular president s. As fdr put it the people are with me. Hughes proceeded cautiously, but with determination. He demolished fdrs efficiency argument. He showed that the court was keeping up with this work. Hughes explain that adding more justices would make the court far less efficient. There would be more judges to hear, more judges to confer, more judges to been to discuss, more judges to be convinced and to decide. Hughes chose not to directly criticize fdr, but to expose the effort for what itir to say it s a bit of a black eye to fdrs historical lettuce legacy that he let his frustrations to return to his law firm still existing in new york city for a story from his autobiography. In the Charles Evan Hughes conference center, we try to select things that would reflect important stages of his life. We have collected a number of things including original books that Charles Evan Hughes author. Most notably is the autobiography that we find interesting. My favorite story in here is one that Justice Hughes tells. A visit when he was the president of the baptists society in new york city. He asked to booker t. Washington to come and speak to the assembly. When booker t. Washington and his wife arrived, Justice Hughes escorted him to his own table and sat in there. At that time, that was a controversial thing to do. Justice hughes took advantage of that to speak about the importance of diversity and tolerance. He was very disappointed that a group owe have a clip of him swg in Franklin Delano roosevelt. Do you solemnly swear to faithfully execute the office of president of the United States to the best of your ability to serve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States so help you god . I Franklin Delano roosevelt do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States. I will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and s restarted with some archival footage from the 1916 campaign