JOHN RUTLEDGE

On December 15, 1795, the Senate administered a stinging blow to one of the nation's most distinguished founding fathers. By a vote of 10 to 14, it rejected President George Washington's nomination of South Carolina's John Rutledge to be Chief Justice of the United States…. the Senate made it clear that an examination of a nominee's qualifications would include his political views. Those who differed substantively from the majority of senators could expect rough going.

It would be proper to make the adjudications of the State Judges, appealable to the national Judicial.

It would be proper to make the adjudications of the State Judges, appealable to the national Judicial.