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Harlan Fiske Stone was born in Western Massachusetts and spent his early childhood there.
Answer: False
According to the source material, Harlan Fiske Stone was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, and relocated to Western Massachusetts during his early childhood.
Stone was expelled from the Massachusetts Agricultural College due to poor academic performance.
Answer: False
The provided information states that Stone was expelled from the Massachusetts Agricultural College due to a physical altercation with an instructor, not due to poor academic performance.
Harlan Fiske Stone was a member of Phi Beta Kappa when he graduated from Amherst College.
Answer: True
The source material confirms that Harlan Fiske Stone graduated from Amherst College in 1894 as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an academic honor society.
Where was Harlan Fiske Stone born?
Answer: Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Harlan Fiske Stone was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire.
What led to Stone's expulsion from the Massachusetts Agricultural College?
Answer: A physical altercation with an instructor
Stone was expelled from the Massachusetts Agricultural College following a physical altercation with an instructor.
Which honor society recognized Stone's academic excellence upon his graduation from Amherst College?
Answer: Phi Beta Kappa
Upon graduating from Amherst College, Harlan Fiske Stone was recognized for his academic excellence as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Which of the following statements about Harlan Fiske Stone's early education is accurate?
Answer: He transferred to Amherst College after being expelled from Massachusetts Agricultural College.
An accurate statement regarding Harlan Fiske Stone's early education is that he transferred to Amherst College after being expelled from the Massachusetts Agricultural College.
After law school, Stone primarily focused on teaching, holding a professorship at Harvard Law School.
Answer: False
The provided information indicates that Harlan Fiske Stone held academic positions at Columbia Law School, not Harvard Law School, after graduating from law school.
Harlan Fiske Stone served as the Dean of Columbia Law School from 1910 to 1923.
Answer: True
The source material confirms that Harlan Fiske Stone served as the Dean of Columbia Law School for the period of 1910 to 1923.
After resigning as Dean, Stone joined the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
Answer: False
Following his resignation as Dean, Harlan Fiske Stone joined the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, not Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
The conflict between Dean Stone and Columbia President Nicholas Murray Butler stemmed from disagreements over faculty appointments.
Answer: False
The conflict between Dean Stone and Columbia President Nicholas Murray Butler primarily stemmed from disagreements over leadership style and administrative interference, rather than faculty appointments.
What was Stone's role at Columbia Law School before entering government service?
Answer: Dean
Before entering government service, Harlan Fiske Stone served as the Dean of Columbia Law School.
What was a primary reason for the conflict between Dean Stone and Columbia President Nicholas Murray Butler?
Answer: Butler's criticism of Stone's leadership and Stone's dislike of administrative interference
A primary reason for the conflict between Dean Stone and Columbia President Nicholas Murray Butler was Butler's criticism of Stone's leadership and Stone's aversion to administrative interference.
During World War I, Stone was involved in evaluating the sincerity of draft dodgers.
Answer: False
During World War I, Harlan Fiske Stone served on a U.S. War Department Board of Inquiry that evaluated the sincerity of conscientious objectors, not draft dodgers.
Stone publicly supported Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's post-WWI deportation efforts.
Answer: False
The provided information indicates that Stone criticized Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's post-WWI deportation efforts, rather than publicly supporting them.
President Calvin Coolidge appointed Stone as U.S. Attorney General to investigate Harding administration scandals.
Answer: True
The source material confirms that President Calvin Coolidge appointed Harlan Fiske Stone as U.S. Attorney General with the specific mandate to investigate scandals within the Harding administration.
As Attorney General, Stone initiated an antitrust investigation into the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa).
Answer: True
As Attorney General, Harlan Fiske Stone initiated a significant antitrust investigation targeting the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa).
What was the purpose of the U.S. War Department Board of Inquiry on which Stone served during World War I?
Answer: To evaluate the sincerity of conscientious objectors
The U.S. War Department Board of Inquiry on which Stone served during World War I was tasked with evaluating the sincerity of individuals seeking conscientious objector status.
Why did President Coolidge appoint Harlan Fiske Stone as U.S. Attorney General?
Answer: To oversee investigations into Harding administration scandals
President Coolidge appointed Harlan Fiske Stone as U.S. Attorney General to oversee investigations into the scandals that had plagued the Harding administration.
What was the primary focus of Stone's criticism regarding Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's actions?
Answer: Palmer's use of administrative action for deportations without judicial review.
The primary focus of Stone's criticism regarding Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's actions was the use of administrative action for deportations without judicial review.
Harlan Fiske Stone was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Answer: False
Harlan Fiske Stone was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court as an associate justice by President Calvin Coolidge, not Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Stone was the first Supreme Court nominee to testify in person before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Answer: True
The source material confirms that Harlan Fiske Stone was the first Supreme Court nominee to appear and testify in person before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation process.
On the Taft Court, Stone advocated for judicial activism and broad interpretation of laws.
Answer: False
On the Taft Court, Harlan Fiske Stone advocated for judicial restraint and deference to legislative decisions, rather than judicial activism.
The 'Three Musketeers' bloc on the Hughes Court included Justices Stone, Holmes, and Frankfurter.
Answer: False
The 'Three Musketeers' bloc on the Hughes Court consisted of Justices Harlan Fiske Stone, Louis Brandeis, and Benjamin N. Cardozo, not Holmes and Frankfurter.
Justice Stone authored the majority opinion in *United States v. Darby Lumber Co.*, upholding the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Answer: True
The source material confirms that Justice Stone authored the majority opinion in *United States v. Darby Lumber Co.*, which upheld the constitutionality of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Footnote 4 in *United States v. Carolene Products Co.* is considered foundational for the concept of strict scrutiny in constitutional law.
Answer: True
Footnote 4 in Justice Stone's opinion in *United States v. Carolene Products Co.* is indeed considered foundational for the development of the concept of strict scrutiny in constitutional law.
Who nominated Harlan Fiske Stone to the U.S. Supreme Court as an Associate Justice?
Answer: President Calvin Coolidge
Harlan Fiske Stone was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court as an Associate Justice by President Calvin Coolidge.
Which group of justices formed the 'Three Musketeers' on the Hughes Court?
Answer: Stone, Brandeis, and Cardozo
The 'Three Musketeers' bloc on the Hughes Court comprised Justices Harlan Fiske Stone, Louis Brandeis, and Benjamin N. Cardozo.
The Supreme Court case *United States v. Carolene Products Co.* is particularly famous for which element in Justice Stone's opinion?
Answer: Footnote 4, suggesting stricter scrutiny for certain laws.
The Supreme Court case *United States v. Carolene Products Co.* is particularly famous for Footnote 4 in Justice Stone's opinion, which suggested stricter scrutiny for certain types of laws.
Harlan Fiske Stone served as the 12th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court for over a decade.
Answer: False
The source indicates that Harlan Fiske Stone served as the 12th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1941 until his death in 1946, a period of approximately five years, not over a decade.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Stone to be Chief Justice following Charles Evans Hughes's retirement.
Answer: True
The source material confirms that President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Harlan Fiske Stone to the position of Chief Justice of the United States upon the retirement of Charles Evans Hughes.
Chief Justice Stone's opinion in *Ex parte Quirin* affirmed the jurisdiction of military tribunals over civilians.
Answer: False
Chief Justice Stone's opinion in *Ex parte Quirin* upheld the jurisdiction of military tribunals for trying German saboteurs captured during wartime, not a general affirmation of jurisdiction over civilians.
The *International Shoe Co. v. Washington* decision, authored by Stone, established a standard for state court personal jurisdiction.
Answer: True
The landmark decision in *International Shoe Co. v. Washington*, authored by Chief Justice Stone, established a pivotal standard for determining state court personal jurisdiction over defendants.
Chief Justice Stone praised the Nuremberg court as a just proceeding.
Answer: False
Contrary to praising it, Chief Justice Stone expressed a critical view of the Nuremberg court, reportedly describing it as "a fraud" on Germans.
Who nominated Harlan Fiske Stone to become Chief Justice of the United States?
Answer: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harlan Fiske Stone was nominated to become Chief Justice of the United States by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In which landmark case did Chief Justice Stone author the opinion establishing a standard for personal jurisdiction over defendants in state courts?
Answer: International Shoe Co. v. Washington
Chief Justice Stone authored the opinion in *International Shoe Co. v. Washington*, which established a significant standard for personal jurisdiction over defendants in state courts.
What was Chief Justice Stone's assessment of the Nuremberg court, despite his colleague's role?
Answer: He described it as 'a fraud' on Germans.
Despite his colleague's role as chief prosecutor, Chief Justice Stone assessed the Nuremberg court critically, describing it as "a fraud" on Germans.
What was the significance of the *Korematsu v. United States* ruling during Stone's Chief Justiceship?
Answer: It upheld the constitutionality of Japanese American internment camps.
During Chief Justice Stone's tenure, the Supreme Court's ruling in *Korematsu v. United States* upheld the constitutionality of Japanese American internment camps.
Harlan Fiske Stone is the only person to have served in every seniority position on the Supreme Court bench.
Answer: True
Harlan Fiske Stone holds the unique distinction of being the only individual to have served in all nine seniority positions on the U.S. Supreme Court bench.
Columbia Law School offers scholarships named after Harlan Fiske Stone.
Answer: True
According to the source, Columbia Law School offers Harlan Fiske Stone Scholarships to recognize students with superior academic performance.
The 'Stone Court' refers to the period when Stone served as an Associate Justice.
Answer: False
The term 'Stone Court' specifically refers to the period when Harlan Fiske Stone served as Chief Justice of the United States, not his tenure as an Associate Justice.
Harlan Fiske Stone's most famous judicial statement emphasizes the limited role of courts in government.
Answer: False
Harlan Fiske Stone's most famous judicial statement, "Courts are not the only agency of government that must be assumed to have capacity to govern," emphasizes the governing capacity of agencies beyond the judiciary, not the limited role of courts.
What unique distinction does Harlan Fiske Stone hold regarding his Supreme Court career?
Answer: He is the only justice to have served on all nine seniority positions on the bench.
Harlan Fiske Stone holds the unique distinction of being the only justice to have served in all nine seniority positions on the Supreme Court bench.
What distinction does Harlan Fiske Stone hold regarding prior elected office before becoming Chief Justice?
Answer: He was the first Chief Justice who had NOT previously served in an elected political office.
Harlan Fiske Stone holds the distinction of being the first Chief Justice of the United States who had not previously occupied an elected political office.
Harlan Fiske Stone's most famous judicial statement suggests that:
Answer: Government agencies beyond the judiciary have governing capacity.
Harlan Fiske Stone's most famous judicial statement suggests that government agencies beyond the judiciary also possess governing capacity.
Harlan Fiske Stone died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Washington, D.C.
Answer: False
Harlan Fiske Stone died from a cerebral hemorrhage after collapsing during an open session of the Supreme Court, not peacefully in his sleep.
Harlan Fiske Stone is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Answer: False
Harlan Fiske Stone is interred at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C., not at Arlington National Cemetery.
Harlan Fiske Stone had one son, who became a prominent lawyer.
Answer: False
Harlan Fiske Stone had two sons; one became a distinguished mathematician, and the source does not specify the other's profession as a prominent lawyer.
How did Harlan Fiske Stone die?
Answer: From a cerebral hemorrhage after collapsing during a court session.
Harlan Fiske Stone died from a cerebral hemorrhage after collapsing during an open session of the Supreme Court.
Stone served as president of the American Bar Association.
Answer: False
The source material indicates that Harlan Fiske Stone was a member of the American Bar Association, but it does not state that he served as its president.
Harlan Fiske Stone received honorary degrees from Yale and Columbia Universities.
Answer: True
The provided information confirms that Harlan Fiske Stone received honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from both Yale and Columbia Universities.
The 'Authority control' section provides biographical details about Stone's family.
Answer: False
The 'Authority control' section provides links to databases for cataloging and organizing information about Harlan Fiske Stone, rather than biographical details about his family.
What were Harlan Fiske Stone's primary roles in American government?
Answer: Associate Justice, Chief Justice, and U.S. Attorney General
Harlan Fiske Stone's primary roles in American government included serving as an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as U.S. Attorney General.
Which of the following was NOT listed as an affiliation or activity of Harlan Fiske Stone?
Answer: Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials
Harlan Fiske Stone's listed affiliations and activities included being president of the Association of American Law Schools, a director for the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railroad Company, and a member of the American Bar Association. He was not listed as Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials.
Which of the following positions did Harlan Fiske Stone hold *before* becoming an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court?
Answer: Dean of Columbia Law School and U.S. Attorney General
Before becoming an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Harlan Fiske Stone held positions including Dean of Columbia Law School and U.S. Attorney General.