Chief Justices of the United States of America
- 1787-1795: John Jay
- 1795-1795: John Rutledge
- 1796-1800: Oliver Ellsworth
- 1800-1835: John Marshall
- 1835-1847: Joseph Story
- 1847-1855: Joseph C. Spencer
- 1855-1860: Martin Van Buren
- 1860-1865: George Washington Woodward (*)
- 1865-1869: William Littleton Harris (**)
- 1869-1871: Benjamin Robbins Curtis (***)
- 1871-1885: Charles Sumner
- 1885-1892: Samuel Freeman Miller
- 1892-1904: William Thomson
- 1904-1912: John W. Griggs
- 1912-1926: Carl F. Mueller
(*) Resigned upon being elected President of the United States
(**) Impeached and removed from office by the Philadelphia Congress upon recognizing as constitutional the victory of Pendleton in the 1868 election, served as "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court" for the Richmondite government for the duration of the Liberty and Union War (1868-76)
(***) Resigned upon failing to get a majority of the Supreme Court onboard to declare the Emancipation Act unconstitutional
-William Thomson is alternate elder (by 5 yrs) brother of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FrankThomson(railroadexecutive)
Marshall Court
-this instead sees Cherokee recognized as foreign state only subject to national law
-this instead incorporates the Bill of Rights to the states
Story Court
-clear successor to Marshall Court
-strikes down equivalent of this
-results in Bank of the United States getting way more powerful
-and banks at state level reduced a great deal in power
-weakens the position of New York as a center of the economy
-resulting in less western development relative to OTL due to Bank's eastern orientation
-and fewer notes in circulation in the West
Van Buren Court
-increased tilt towards proslavery, pro-states rights resolutions due to judges appointed from South
Woodward Court
-decisively southern
-when elected president infamously (American Presidents > 1865-1868 George Washington Woodward (Republican) [impeached, removed from office]) resigns his post a few days before inauguration
-present constitution includes provision to prevent such a thing from happening ever again
Harris Court
-even more southern
-goes full lemmonv
-supports Richmondism, goes with Richmond Government
-impeached in Extraordinary Congress
Curtis Court
-appointed during Extraordinary Congress
-after arguing Emancipation Proclamation unconstitutional
Sumner Court
-headed by heir of Story legacy
-strongly and very pro-reconstruction
Miller Court
-starts going hardline against the law and reconstruction amendments
-causes constitutional crisis
-ultimately ended with Constitution of the United States (1885) and end of Old Court
-he's dragged out