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| − | Joseph Story (1779-1845) was an Associate Justice of the [[United States Supreme Court]] and a founder of [[Harvard Law School]]. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by the so-called "Father of our Constitution," President James Madison. | + | '''Joseph Story''' (1779-1845) was an Associate Justice of the [[United States Supreme Court]] and a founder of [[Harvard Law School]]. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by the so-called "Father of our Constitution," President [[James Madison]]. |
| − | Justice Story was the son of one of the Boston Tea Party 'Indians | + | Justice Story was the son of one of the [[Boston Tea Party]] 'Indians'. He graduated from [[Harvard]] and eventually became Massachusetts Speaker of the House. A founder of the Harvard Law School, Justice Story stated in [[Vidal v. Girard's Executors]] (1844): <blockquote>"Where can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so perfectly as from the [[New Testament]]?"</blockquote> |
| − | In his "Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States" Justice Story noted, "The real object of the First Amendment was not to countenance, much less to advance Mohammedanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity, but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects." | + | In his "Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States" Justice Story noted, <blockquote>"The real object of the [[First Amendment]] was not to countenance, much less to advance Mohammedanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating [[Christianity]], but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects."</blockquote> |
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Revision as of 18:52, October 4, 2007
Joseph Story (1779-1845) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and a founder of Harvard Law School. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by the so-called "Father of our Constitution," President James Madison.
Justice Story was the son of one of the Boston Tea Party 'Indians'. He graduated from Harvard and eventually became Massachusetts Speaker of the House. A founder of the Harvard Law School, Justice Story stated in Vidal v. Girard's Executors (1844):
"Where can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so perfectly as from the New Testament?"
In his "Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States" Justice Story noted,
"The real object of the First Amendment was not to countenance, much less to advance Mohammedanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity, but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects."