In A Republic, Justice Gorsuch recounts a narrative instructed by his former boss, Justice White:
THESE DAYS I SOMETIMES discover myself pondering again 1 / 4 century to a day when, as a regulation clerk, I used to be strolling with my boss, Justice Byron White, alongside the ground-floor hallway of the Supreme Courtroom. As we handed portrait after portrait of former justices, he requested me what number of of them I may identify. As a lot as I wished to impress the boss, I admitted the reply was about half. The justice shocked me when he stated, “Me too. We’ll all be forgotten quickly sufficient.”
Justice White was fairly proper.
Throughout a latest occasion, Justice Kavanaugh referred to Justice Robert Jackson, and added, “or as we prefer to consult with him, the primary Justice Jackson.” Eek.
Everybody is aware of Justice Robert Houghwout Jackson, who served from 1941 by way of 1954. However most individuals have no idea Justice Howell Edmunds Jackson. He was appointed by President Benjamin Harrison, and served from 1893 by way of 1895. Forgotten. KBJ is the third Justice Jackson.
Shortly earlier than KBJ was appointed, I listed the opposite Justices who shared a final identify:
- Chief Justice John Marshall (1801-1835) and Justice Thurgood Marshall (1967-1991)
- Justice John Rutledge (1790-1791) and Justice Wiley Rutledge (1943-1949)
- Justice Thomas Johnson (1792-1793) and Justice William Johnson (1804-1834)
- Justice Samuel Chase (1796-1811) and Chief Justice Salmon Chase (1864-1873)
- Justice John Marshall Harlan I (1877-1911) and Justice John Marshall Harlan II (1955-1971)
- Justice Lucius Quint C. Lamar (1888-1893) and Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar (1911-1916)—(they had been cousins)
- Justice Edward Douglas White (1894-1910) and Justice Byron White (1962-1993)
- Justice John Hessin Clarke (1916-1922) and Justice Tom C. Clark (1945-1967)—(shut sufficient on the spelling)
- Justice Owen Josephus Roberts (1930-1945) and Chief Justice John C. Roberts (2005-any day now)
