he was an unhappy chief executive, having been persuaded to run for president by theodore roosevelt,who launched a third- party candidacy against him in 1912. it allowed woodrow wilson to win the presidency. as the court's sole former president to have served on the bench, he is the only person ever to have engineered his own future appointment from the white house. biographers suggesttthat president taft promoted white to the chief opposition rather than juice because the white was only 48 in would probably serve long enough to preclude a future president from appointing taft as a chief justice. president warren harding fulfilled taft highest aspiration to become chief justice. chief justice taft began participating in every presidential decision to fill vacancies on this court. he wrote to george sutherland, i look forward to having you on i know the president intendd to put you there. president harding was happy in on the court. the next court choice, pierce butler, was his second pick. he first approached john davis, whom he considered to have a sound use despite his democratic p

i think theodore roosevelt would have started at the idea that we have wealthy dynasties.very generation should earn its own money. and i am disgusted with both parties in congress. one has no courage, the other has no heart. they are both too cowardly to tax billionaires. under eisenhower, it was 90%. we were all doing well. kennedy reduced it to 70%. i think what would be fair is, anything over $1 million, 70%. we need the money, they do not. i am disgusted with congress. host: on the estate tax, cbo says under the law passed in 2001, an acceptable amount for the top marginal rate is 45%. winston-salem, north carolina. good morning, phillip. caller: i was calling in about unemployment benefits. is there a way -- [unintelligible] is there a way that it would seize totally? guest: congress and is eager to show that they are helping families that have been hurt by this economic crisis. obviously, we cannot speak to individual situations come individual eligibility, but there is resolved in congress to extend the benefits that have been created. host: pennsylvania. kneel on

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he was an unhappy chief executive having been persuaded to run for president by theodore roosevelt who then lost a third- 1912. that allowed woodrow wilson to win the presidency. as the sole president to serve on the bench, taft is the only person ever to engineer his future appointment from the white house. several biographers suggest that president tapped suggested white to the bench instead of use because white was only 48 and would serve a longgenough to as a justice. president warren harding nominated president taft. once the ascended, chief justice taft began participating in every presidential decision to fill vacancies on this court.%+ he said, i look forward to having you on the bench with me. president harding was happy to place on the supreme court his brilliant friend from their days in the u.s. senate. harding's next choice was his second pick. the president had first approoched john w. davis who has held views despite his party affiliation. davis declined, so taft turned to butler. taft deferred to brandeis and oliver wendell holmes jr.. tapped appreciated butler's a nomi