U.S. Supreme Court,
Judges and Judiciary,
Government
Jul. 17, 2017
A lawyer and a lying president
It took the dogged fact-gathering and masterful cross-examination of Boston attorney Louis D. Brandeis to reveal the truth in the early 20th century scandal known as the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy.
Michael L. Stern
Judge (ret.)
Harvard Law, Boalt Hall
Judge Stern worked at the CRLA Santa Maria office from 1972 to 1975. He is chair of the Los Angeles County Superior Court Historical Committee.
Presidents of the United States are respected when they are honest and tell the truth. Every schoolchild can recite how George Washington told the truth to his father about chopping down the cherry tree and learned why Abraham Lincoln was called "Honest Abe."
Throughout our nation's history, presidents have been caught in lies, big and small. One such presidential indiscretion that had huge political consequences occurred in 1910 whe...
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