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Justices Seeking the Presidency
Author(s) -
SHARP ALLEN
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of supreme court history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1540-5818
pISSN - 1059-4329
DOI - 10.1111/j.1059-4329.2004.00086.x
Subject(s) - presidency , supreme court , constitution , law , economic justice , political science , separation of powers , politics
The separation of powers in the Constitution of the United States has never been absolute in either theory or practice. This is especially true in the quest for public office. At least one President, William Howard Taft, aspired to be a Supreme Court Justice. Several Supreme Court Justices seriously considered becoming President. These are a few stories about those ambitions.