The reason I chose Horace Gray as my Supreme Court Justice is that he was the deciding justice on some landmark decisions in United States’ history. For instance there is United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) as well as Ball v. United States (1896). Another reason I chose Gray as my Justice was due to the fact that he appeared to be really intelligent. He accomplished many things at a much younger age than normal people would. For instance he enrolled into Harvard at just the age of thirteen. He was also appointed to the Massachusetts Judicial Supreme Court at a very young age. Gray also intrigued me due to the fact that he served on The United States Supreme Court for over twenty years. I chose these specific two cases as I believe that they
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In fact there is only a two year period in between both of them, so it is safe to assume that the political landscape during both of these cases was very similar. During this time there was high amount of immigrants coming into the United States. It was also a time of industrialization with many wealthy people such as J.P. Morgan and Rockefeller having significant clout. There was also huge tension among the different cultures and races living in the United States at the time. Both of these cases fall in the middle of the progressive era, so many people want to reform or improve aspects of the United States. Ball v. United States (1896) also falls on a Presidential Election year which might also have affected the outcome of the case. United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) also falls on an election year, but it is just a midterm election. Also during this case The United States had high tensions with Spain as the USS Maine had just sunk about a month before the court case was decided. The United States was preparing itself for military combat during this time. These things were happening during the time when the case was going on. This attitude present toward immigrants could be a reason why the case took place in the first place. During the era of both these cases the United States had high tension with foreigners and people of different
In fact there is only a two year period in between both of them, so it is safe to assume that the political landscape during both of these cases was very similar. During this time there was high amount of immigrants coming into the United States. It was also a time of industrialization with many wealthy people such as J.P. Morgan and Rockefeller having significant clout. There was also huge tension among the different cultures and races living in the United States at the time. Both of these cases fall in the middle of the progressive era, so many people want to reform or improve aspects of the United States. Ball v. United States (1896) also falls on a Presidential Election year which might also have affected the outcome of the case. United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) also falls on an election year, but it is just a midterm election. Also during this case The United States had high tensions with Spain as the USS Maine had just sunk about a month before the court case was decided. The United States was preparing itself for military combat during this time. These things were happening during the time when the case was going on. This attitude present toward immigrants could be a reason why the case took place in the first place. During the era of both these cases the United States had high tension with foreigners and people of different