David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

In his short career on the court - he died in 1893 - Lamar wrote only one memorable opinion: his dissent from a case that upheld the authority of the United States to protect a person in federal custody from lynching. 11/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 29, 2022

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The confirmation vote split on party lines: Democrats voted 29-0 to confirm; Republicans voted 28-2 against. Lamar was elevated to the high court by a majority of the vote; the judicial filibuster had not yet been invented in the 1880s. 10/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 29, 2022

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Few today would see much to be proud of in the career and record of Justice Lucius Quintus Lamar. He was selected for the crassest of political reasons - and did little good with his grand opportunity. 12/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 29, 2022