Harlan Fiske Stone

The doubts of Harlan Fiske Stone, the Chief Justice of the United States, regarding the legal basis for putting Nazi war criminals on trial were so strong that he refused to have anything to do with what he called a "high-grade lynching party."

Telling Stories We Need to Hear Philip Kerr 2011

In May 1924, President Coolidge's attorney general, Harlan Fiske Stone, made Hoover, not yet 30, acting director of the bureau.

Special Agents And Otherwise George Melloan 2012

Justice Harlan Fiske Stone was a connoisseur of fine wines—he had a 1912 Chateau Ausone in his collection, and a 1916 Beychevelle—who had earlier tried vainly to move the contents of his cellar from New York to Washington when he was appointed attorney general; late in life, he would contemplate the unkind destiny that had “inflicted public office and prohibition on me at one and the same time.”

LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

The others were William Howard Taft who was dean at the University of Cincinnati in the 1890's, Harlan Fiske Stone who was dean at Columbia, and Wiley Rutledge who was dean at the University of Iowa.

Elena Kagan Nomination: Expect A Fight In The Senate 2010

When he was attorney general, Harlan Fiske Stone had declared that Justice Department personnel including members of J.

LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

The investigation, initiated by the president himself, was conducted under the personal supervision of his closest friend in Washington, Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone, who had been his classmate at Amherst College.

LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

And they include Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone, who was dean of Columbia Law School and then attorney general.

TRANSCRIPT: The Elena Kagan Hearings - Day 1 2010

Justice Harlan Fiske Stone was a connoisseur of fine wines—he had a 1912 Chateau Ausone in his collection, and a 1916 Beychevelle—who had earlier tried vainly to move the contents of his cellar from New York to Washington when he was appointed attorney general; late in life, he would contemplate the unkind destiny that had “inflicted public office and prohibition on me at one and the same time.”

LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

And they include Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone, who was dean of Columbia Law School and then attorney general.

TRANSCRIPT: The Elena Kagan Hearings - Day 1 2010

When he was attorney general, Harlan Fiske Stone had declared that Justice Department personnel including members of J.

LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010