Talk:Webster Thayer

Statement about Sacco, or Vanzetti?

The statement in question is:

Referring to Sacco in his jury instructions, he said, "Although this man may not have committed the crime attributed to him, he is nonetheless culpable because he is the enemy of our existing institutions."

The Sacco and Vanzetti article says he made the statement about Vanzetti. Orpheus42 (talk) 06:42, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

This quote no longer appears in either the Thayer or Sacco and Vanzetti articles. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 23:55, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

What about the contrary evidence?

I read about this some time ago, and I remember Felix Frankfurter's critique of Thayer's opinion in the case. Specifically, I recall that he said Thayer's legal reasoning was just plain false, and either the judge was an idiot or was finding excuses for being blatantly anti-Italian and anti-radical. And then there's an assortment of public statements which I read but cannot source (because I don't have the original text with me), so these need to be found. Right now, it's just too heavily weighted in Thayer's favor. Lockesdonkey (talk) 00:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

I hope it's better now. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 23:59, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Another bias article

the author of the article seems to mock Thayer by stating he "lived the rest of his life with police and bodyguard protection". How about the anarchists failed to kill him or anyone else with cowardly bombing attacks or that the anarchists didn't dare try and fight out in the open cause they knew what would happen to them if tried (a brutal beating) and were reduced to weak bomb attempts which mostly failed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.114.21.254 (talk) 21:58, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't think that sentence mocks him at all. It states a fact. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 22:58, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, that "fact" didn't have to be mentioned. obviously its a slanted statement —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.114.22.215 (talk) 00:17, 22 April 2011 (UTC)