No doubt that their are those that serve in this capacity with the best of intentions taking this role seriously and administering their duties ethically — but whether they are aware of it transpiring or not — they can be used as a tool by the court to force unfavorable outcomes on one party.
But for those nine years when Martin administered his duties as Speaker of the House effectively and with wisdom, the slab was pulled back off the grass and we saw what class prejudice in the 21st century really looked like.
Writing laws is the duty of the legislature; administering laws is the duty of the executive branch.
He was used to appearing before crowds, of course, but this was the first time that he would be performing the most public of the Chief Justice's duties — administering the Presidential oath of office — and the audience, in person and by broadcast, would be in the many millions.
John Clarkson, a former naval officer who took on the duty of administering the new colony, faced opposition from local slave traders, tribal chieftains and his fellow governing directors.
So, even if there were some uncertainty in the act, we should regard this long-continued and uniform practice of the officers charged with the duty of administering it as persuasively determinative of its construction.
Without it, judicial tribunals would be at the mercy of the disorderly and violent, who respect neither the laws enacted for the vindication of public and private rights, nor the officers charged with the duty of administering them.
Petitioner brought the present suit in the District Court for Massachusetts, joining as defendants Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and respondents, officers of the state of California, all charged with the duty of administering death tax statutes of their respective states.
Without it, judicial tribunals would be at the mercy of the disorderly and violent, who respect neither the laws enacted for the vindication of public and private rights, nor the officers charged with the duty of administering them.' Ex parte Terry, 1888, 128 U.S. 289, 313, 9 S.Ct.
It has relation to the class of contempts which, being committed in the fact of a court, imply a purpose to destroy or impair its authority, to obstruct the transaction of its business, or to insult or intimidate those charged with the duty of administering the law.
The praetor had the duty of administering justice and collecting fines and other revenues.
