Chris Ellis’s Reviews > A People's History of the Supreme Court: The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our Constitution > Status Update

On Supreme Court Justice Alfred Moore: “The best any friend could say of Moore is that he was among the ornamental members of society.”

The unmitigated shade.

Irons is so sassy. He didn’t HAVE to point out that no one laughed at Ben Franklin’s jokes. He didn’t HAVE to mention what percent of the minutes is just Patrick Henry going on and on… I’m here for it.

Also, George Washington was terrible at appointing Supreme Court justices.