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John Blair was born in Williamsburg, Colony of Virginia, in 1732, to Mary (Monro) (1726–1768) and her merchant and politician husband, John Blair.They had a large family, with ten or twelve children by various accounts, and John was the fourth child, and the eldest surviving son.
He served as judge of the admiralty court from 1760 to 1763. He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765, [8] and, in 1775, a member of the Committee of One Hundred, [9] which briefly governed New York City. [10] From 1763 until 1775, he served as a Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature. [11]
In domestic matters, the colonies were largely self-governing on many issues; however, the British government did exercise veto power over colonial legislation, and regardless of the type of colonial government, retained control of the law and equity courts; judges were selected by the British government and served at the king's pleasure.
James Wilson (September 14, 1742 – August 21, 1798) was a Scottish-born American Founding Father, legal scholar, jurist, and statesman who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 1798.
George Wythe (/ w ɪ θ /; 1726 – June 8, 1806) [1] [2] was an American academic, scholar, and judge who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.The first of the seven signatories of the United States Declaration of Independence from Virginia, Wythe served as one of Virginia's representatives to the Continental Congress and the Philadelphia Convention and served on a committee ...
The number is roughly 10% of the record 376 judges appointed by Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1989, when the judiciary was much larger, [Note 2] and less than 5% of the number of active federal judges serving as of July 2010. [Note 3] Richard Peters Jr. served for over 36 years, the longest of Washington's appointments.
The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Armand-Dumaresq (c. 1873) has been hanging in the White House Cabinet Room since the late 1980s. The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, with 12 of the 13 colonies voting in favor and New York abstaining.
The number of associate justices is eight, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869. [ 1 ] Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States grants plenary power to the president to nominate, and with the advice and consent (confirmation) of the Senate , appoint justices to the Supreme Court.