. A bird's eye view of our federal government . ed his thirtieth year,had been elected attorney general of his state. He was well known asa politician and public speaker at the time of his appointment by Pres-ident Hayes, in 1877, to be a justice of the supreme court.] 1,202, of which 365 were disposed of during the term. In1886 the docket had increased to 1,396 cases, of which 451were disposed of during the term. Some means of relief must he devised, and several measureshave been proposed in congress. So long as the court mustsit en banc—that is, all together,—no increase in the number 106 OU
. A bird's eye view of our federal government . ed his thirtieth year,had been elected attorney general of his state. He was well known asa politician and public speaker at the time of his appointment by Pres-ident Hayes, in 1877, to be a justice of the supreme court.] 1,202, of which 365 were disposed of during the term. In1886 the docket had increased to 1,396 cases, of which 451were disposed of during the term. Some means of relief must he devised, and several measureshave been proposed in congress. So long as the court mustsit en banc—that is, all together,—no increase in the number 106 OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, of judges will help matters. Heuce a bill was introduced in1881 to divide the court into three branches of three judges,and give each branch exclusive jurisdiction over a particularclass of appealed cases. Original-jurisdiction cases, and casesbrought by writ of error from any state supreme court, werelobe heard by the full court. In other cases the decision ofthe branch court would stand, unless in cases of disagree-. LUCIUS Q. C. LAMAR,Associate Justice of the Supeeme Court. [Lucius Q. C. Lamar was born in Georgia in 1825 ; was educated as alawver, but turned his attention to teaching and a professor ofmathematics in the Mississippi state university. Returning to Georgia,he there served a term in the legislature, but iii 1^54 concluded to makehis home in Mississippi. He was elected to the 35th and36th r the confederacy, he served in the army and also as minister toRussia. After the war he became professor of law in the Mississippistate university, until his election to the 43rd congress. In 1877 he waschosen senator ; in 1885 he left the senate to become secretary of theinterior, and in January, 1888, was made a justice of the supreme court.] menf, where the dissenting judge might require that the de*cision of his colleagues be reviewed by the full court. OUB FEDERAL G0VEEN3IENT. 107 To this measure the supreme court are oppose
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