[87] 2 Wall. 123, 128-129 (1864).
[88] 253 U.S. 300 (1920).
[89] Ibid. 312.
[90] Ex parte Secombe, 19 How. 9, 13 (1857).
[91] 4 Wall. 333 (1867).
[92] Ibid. 378-380. For an extensive treatment of disbarment and American and English precedents thereon, see Ex parte Wall, 107 U.S. 265 (1883).
[93] Reorganization of the Judiciary, Hearings on S. 1392; 75th Cong., 1st sess., 1937, Pt. 3, p. 491. Justices Van Devanter and Brandeis approved the letter. For earlier proposals to have the Court sit in divisions, see Felix Frankfurter and James M. Landis, The Business of the Supreme Court, pp. 81-83, (New York, 1928).
[94] 1 Stat. 73-74, § 2-3.
[95] Ibid. 73, 74-76; § 4-5.
[96] 2 Stat. 89.