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Originally Posted by Linkster
Alex - BTW - even the first Chief Justice in this country - John Jay - was never a judge before sitting on the supreme court - he was President of the Continental Congress and then negotiated the Paris treaty which basically ended the Revolutionary war. And you want to talk about skirting issues - he was nominated by G Washington and 2 days later the senate confirmed him  |
Yes, but he was also one of the authors of the Federalist Papers arguing for the Consititution, so who better to enforce it?