Gordon S. Wood Quote

The Court had a rule that it would indulge in wine-drinking only if it were raining. Marshall would look out the window on a sunny day and decide that wine-drinking was permissible since our jurisdiction extends over so large a territory that the doctrine of chances makes it certain that it must be raining somewhere.11

Gordon S. Wood

The Court had a rule that it would indulge in wine-drinking only if it were raining. Marshall would look out the window on a sunny day and decide that wine-drinking was permissible since our jurisdiction extends over so large a territory that the doctrine of chances makes it certain that it must be raining somewhere.11

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