NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Edward Sanford

Edward Terry Sanford (July 23, 1865-March 8, 1930) was an American jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court. July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... March 8 poster from Portugal March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... JURIST is an online legal news and research service hosted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, edited by Professor Bernard Hibbitts and a staff of more than 20 law students. ... The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States...

Sanford, an attorney from Tennessee, first served in the government as the Assistant Attorney General in 1907 under President Theodore Roosevelt, who then appointed him to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee the following year. Upon the advice of Sanford's friend, Chief Justice William Howard Taft, President Warren Harding elevated him to the Supreme Court in 1923. He served on the Court until his death, which was coincidentally on the same day as the then-retired Taft. Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 36th 109,247 kmÂ² 195 km 710 km 2. ... Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an Assistant Attorney General. ... The President of the United States (often abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. ... Theodore Roosevelt, formally Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ... The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the Supreme Court of the United States. ... William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 â€“ March 8, 1930) was an American politician, the 27th President of the United States, and the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 - August 2, 1923) was the 29th (1921-1923) President of the United States and the sixth President to die in office. ...

Sanford wrote 130 opinions during his seven years on the Court, including the majority in Gitlow v. New York, which ruled that the free speech protections of the First Amendment applied to the states, and Okanogan Indians v. United States, which upheld the power of the President's "pocket veto". Holding Though the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits states from infringing free speech, the defendant was properly convicted under New Yorks criminal anarchy law for advocating the violent overthrow of the government, through the dissemination of Communist pamphlets. ... Freedom of speech is the right to freely say what one pleases, as well as the related right to hear what others have stated. ... The first ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. ... Incorporation of the Bill of Rights is the legal doctrine by which portions of the U.S. Bill of Rights are applied to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. ... A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver in American federal lawmaking. ...

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