...Richard L. Watson, Jr. Appointment at Armageddon: Muckraking and Progressivism in American Life . By Filler Louis . Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press , 1976 . Pp. xiv , 476 . $15.95 . Copyright © 1977 by Duke University Press 1977 Book Reviews 119 Appointment...

... and religion. Russell maintained that insofar as he was appointed to a teaching post in logic and mathematics, his opinions on morality and religion had no relevance in assessing his academic competence. Dissenting from Russell's absolutist position, the essay argues that it is unrealistic to expect...

...Cihan Tekay This essay provides an analysis of international initiatives organized in solidarity with the protests at Boğaziçi University that erupted shortly after the appointment of a new rector on January 1, 2021. It provides an overview of these initiatives by using data from anonymous...

...Cenk Özbay In the midst of the Boğaziçi resistance against the top-down appointment of the new rector, a form of resistance to state homophobia emerges and resonates with the changing dynamics of sexual politics in Turkey. Following President Erdogan’s demonization of LGBTI+ students as terrorists...

... for the personal sup­ port given by him to Pemberton, Bragg, and Hood, little fault can be found with his military appointments and mili­ tary administration. But his management of civil affairs is another matter. When the news came from Montgomery that Senator Davis had been elected Provisional President...

.... Warfield, a Maryland Federalist, in which assurances were given that an occasion would be found by means, of the appointment of a Federalist to show that party allegiance would not determine the disposal of the patronage. Adams gave warning that this confidence, if it had reference to the appointment...

... Hoover s appointments to the Supreme Court have received their due share of public interest. Already the president has filled two vacancies on the Supreme Court bench and the debate over the confirmation of these nominations has in­ deed proven that the Senate is a ventilating chamber of the first rank...

... which certainly looks very much like the exercise of this power, if not that of real legislation. In 1813 President Madison appointed and commissioned ministers to negotiate a treaty of peace with Great Britain when the Senate was not in session. On reassem­ bling the Senate protested against...

...- ance is concerned . . . the relationship of professor to [university] trustees may be compared to that between the judges of the Federal courts and the Executive who appoints them. University teachers should be assumed to be, with respect to the conclusions reached...

...Loren P. Beth Copyright © 1959 by Duke University Press 1959 JUDGE INTO JUSTICE: SHOULD SUPREME COURT APPOINTEES HAVE JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE? Loren P. Beth PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON appointed ten men to the United States Supreme Court, all but two of whom were men of some experience...

... : Stanford University Press . İdil Neşe . 2021 . “ ‘Neoliberal Authoritarianism at Its Best’: Boğaziçi University Academics Defy Erdoğan’s Rector Appointment .” Duvar English , January 7 . www.duvarenglish.com/neoliberal-authoritarianism-at-its-best-bogazici-university-academics-defy-erdogans...

... of the American war (during the year 1775) I was employed to fit out the little squadron which the Congress had placed under Commo­ dore Hopkins, who was appointed to the command of all the armed vessels appertaining to America; and I hoisted with my hands the American flag on board the Alfred, which...

... the diplomatic service, where his administration was to manifest its greatest weakness and endure its worst scandals. His appointment of William Jennings Bryan as secretary of state sent the first shudder of apprehension through the friends of the merit system. Bryan s approach to the problem of patronage...

... York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 1972. Pp. x, 309. $8.85. This book describes the political struggles of the Johnson and Nixon years over Supreme Court appointments. While a readable and informa­ tive book, it suffers from historiographically questionable interpreta­ tions and a lack of conceptual...

... conception of the office which he pursued with all his strength? When weakness is the result of deliberate intent rather than lack of capacity is it still a weakness? Garfield, however, suggested another test of presidential perfor­ mance: the appointive power. He insisted as early as 1872 that the unique...

.... In this moment, some people have chosen to have abortions at home, both to avoid suspicion and for their own comfort. We Testify storyteller Kaniya first looked for an abortion appointment in the Washington, DC, area where she attends college, but when clinic appointments were at least a month into the future...

.... But residence abroad and the possibility of important diplomatic negotiations held out in Jackson s letter seems to have attracted him, and so he accepted the appointment almost imme­ diately.! The appointment of a man with such failings and eccentricities as Randolph to a diplomatic position was indeed...

... as the founder and, until 1931, president of Pilot Life Insurance Company. Bom in Asheboro, North Carolina, in 1862, he was the son of A. C. McAlis­ ter, a civic leader of some repute who had served on the North Carolina Board of Public Charities until his death in 1916. Young McAlister was then appointed...

... counties as many as twenty persons were appointed. In Bute county Benjamin Ward suggested that one person from every kin be selected. These committees rapidly became the keystone of a new popular government that was destined to usurp new powers and blot out every vestige of the royal government. Another...

... and Illinois Department and is to be obeyed and respected as such he will in Consequence of his said Appointment receive into his charge all Provisions, Stores &c. and by himself or Deputies at the Several Posts issue the same on Orders from the Several Officers. This office was a great responsibility...