George Shiras Jr. person
also: George Shiraz Jr., Shiraz, Saras, George Shiraz III
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Supreme Court of the United Statesorganization · 4Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniaplace · 3Skull and Bonesorganization · 3Randall Lee Gibsonperson · 1Joseph B. Bradleyperson · 1Melville Fullerperson · 1Dubuque, Iowaplace · 1Plessy v. Fergusonevent · 1Benjamin Harrisonperson · 1National Geographic Societyorganization · 1
Claims (6)
George Shiras Jr. member_of
Skull and Bones host_asserted
“This guy's interesting. Born in 1832 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Starts out at Ohio University and then transfers to Yale where he gets tapped for scrolling key. Yeah. You don't see that very often. But again, this is not a guy who comes f…”
▶ The Shadow State 51 Scroll and Key Pt. 1 @ 44:54
Benjamin Harrison appointed
George Shiras Jr. host_asserted
“Under a law office, you could do that apprenticeship. He would practice law in a place called Dubuque, Iowa, from 1855 to 1858. And then he moved to Pittsburgh and practiced from 1858 to 1892. So, nice little 34-year career in Pittsburgh. 1…”
▶ The Shadow State 51 Scroll and Key Pt. 1 @ 46:50
Joseph B. Bradley appointed
George Shiras Jr. host_asserted
“It kind of helps when your third cousin is the Secretary of State, Joseph B. Bradley. That's who recommended him to Harris, and then he becomes a Supreme Court justice. Here's where it gets, well, you got to go into him on the Supreme Court…”
▶ The Shadow State 51 Scroll and Key Pt. 1 @ 47:22
George Shiras Jr. member_of
Supreme Court of the United States host_asserted
“It kind of helps when your third cousin is the Secretary of State, Joseph B. Bradley. That's who recommended him to Harris, and then he becomes a Supreme Court justice. Here's where it gets, well, you got to go into him on the Supreme Court…”
▶ The Shadow State 51 Scroll and Key Pt. 1 @ 47:22
George Shiras Jr. member_of
Plessy v. Ferguson host_asserted
“Another really famous case was Plessy v. Ferguson. 1896. The Supreme Court rules that legal segregation laws do not violate the Constitution. This creates the, quote, separate but equal doctrine and legitimized the Jim Crow laws. The Suprem…”
▶ The Shadow State 51 Scroll and Key Pt. 1 @ 52:49
George Shiras Jr. member_of
Skull and Bones host_asserted
“Shiraz dies in 1903 in Pittsburgh. He retired from SCOTUS right before dying. Interestingly enough, he's got a son named George Shiraz III, who served in Congress from Pennsylvania from 1903 to 1905. His son came from the Phillips Academy i…”
▶ The Shadow State 51 Scroll and Key Pt. 1 @ 55:09
Mentions (12)
▶ 44:19
The distinction between military intelligence and the CIA, we know the difference. Apparently this guy does too. So that's Randall Gibson. Again, a guy with a bio like this when we're doing Skull and Bones, I wouldn't have even mentioned hi…
▶ 44:54
This guy's interesting. Born in 1832 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Starts out at Ohio University and then transfers to Yale where he gets tapped for scrolling key. Yeah. You don't see that very often. But again, this is not a guy who comes f…
▶ 45:25
The problem with that description is I always use technocrat in a negative terminology. You're giving it more benign meaning than I like to do. So I agree with your idea. We just need to find another term that reconciles with my bias agains…
▶ 45:54
yeah where skull bones you saw the intermarriages of the family from day one yeah that's true yeah so it's a totally different culture here there's the old money and the bright guys are smart enough fun to get into school on their own merit…
▶ 46:22
the academic version of the praetorian card because these are the smart people the the chemists the um yeah so um the military guy who designs the modern day navy these are the the worker bee versions of but go ahead okay so starts at ohio …
▶ 46:50
Under a law office, you could do that apprenticeship. He would practice law in a place called Dubuque, Iowa, from 1855 to 1858. And then he moved to Pittsburgh and practiced from 1858 to 1892. So, nice little 34-year career in Pittsburgh. 1…
▶ 47:22
It kind of helps when your third cousin is the Secretary of State, Joseph B. Bradley. That's who recommended him to Harris, and then he becomes a Supreme Court justice. Here's where it gets, well, you got to go into him on the Supreme Court…
▶ 47:55
versus Farmers Loan and Trust Company at 1895. Why is that important? Well, this is all about the income tax. And I'm going to get a little wonky here. So Congress, the Constitution does not allow for an income tax. And the language is very…
▶ 49:59
decreased tariffs, which was great for the businesses, and increased, created direct tax on everyone else. This is our big multinational corporations shifting their taxes onto us. This creates an unapportioned direct tax. This goes to the S…
▶ 52:49
Another really famous case was Plessy v. Ferguson. 1896. The Supreme Court rules that legal segregation laws do not violate the Constitution. This creates the, quote, separate but equal doctrine and legitimized the Jim Crow laws. The Suprem…
▶ 55:09
Shiraz dies in 1903 in Pittsburgh. He retired from SCOTUS right before dying. Interestingly enough, he's got a son named George Shiraz III, who served in Congress from Pennsylvania from 1903 to 1905. His son came from the Phillips Academy i…
▶ 55:09
Shiraz dies in 1903 in Pittsburgh. He retired from SCOTUS right before dying. Interestingly enough, he's got a son named George Shiraz III, who served in Congress from Pennsylvania from 1903 to 1905. His son came from the Phillips Academy i…