Herbert Hoover actually said...

"I may say that they are very extensive and embrace very large sections of the judiciary as well as the laity of lawyers."

"Although fitness is, of course, the primary requisite for selection to the Supreme Court, it is interesting to note that that particular circuit has not been represented in the Court for 70 years."

"The original setup of the Court was presumably, although not necessarily, based on a distribution amongst the different circuits, and at least this selection has the interesting point to it that it do..."

"the following described tract of public land, property of the United States, in the Philippine Islands, is hereby reserved and set apart for military purposes, subject to private rights if any there b..."