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President George Washington’s nomination in 1796 of Oliver Ellsworth to serve as the third chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was met with universal approval. Ellsworth boasted a record
The Republicans are looking for a declaratory judgement.
In In re Poe Trust, there were three co-trustees of a trust, and the trust required them to act jointly. No. 20-0179, 2022 Tex. LEXIS 548 (Tex. June 17, 2022).
In re Poe Trust, three trust co-trustees were required to act jointly. One trustee, Dick, effectively acted as a sole trustee during his life. After Dick died, his executors could not agree and one filed trust modification requests. His jury trial demand was denied.
During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln declared martial law and authorized military tribunals to try terrorists because they could act quickly, gather intelligence through interrogation, and preventlife-saving information from becoming public. That Lincoln emergesfrom this controversy with a reputation for statesmanship may bethe most powerful argument for his judicious application ofexecutive authority during a national emergency.