Government,
Constitutional Law
Aug. 3, 2023
I, Warren, do solemnly swear…
The Constitution was rotting away in a file at the State Department. When Warren Harding ordered that it be covered by a protective glass case and be put on public display, he did more than any other president to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
James Attridge
Law Ofc of James Attridge
270 Divisadero St #3
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Phone: (415) 552-3088
Email: jattridge@attridgelaw.com
U Denver School of Law
James is an attorney and mediator in San Francisco. He is writing a book about presidential legal careers.
On Aug. 2, 1923 in San Francisco’s Palace Hotel, Florence Harding was reading aloud a pro-Harding puff piece in the Saturday Evening Post: “A Calm Review of a Calm Man.” Warren said “That’s good. Go on. Read some more.” Those were the President’s last words.
Warren Harding makes just about everyone’s list of presidential stinkers. That’s unfair. His administration had well more than its share of scandals, but Harding had nothing to do with...
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