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An event centering on this person followed a similar event that targeted the alcoholic John Pickering. This person used natural law (15[1])to argue that the ex post facto clause does not apply to civil cases in his majority opinion for Calder v. Bull. This person mocked the defense as (15[1])“a non sequitur” in a libel trial concerning the pamphlet The Prospect Before Us. This person told a grand jury in Baltimore that repeal of the Judiciary (-5[1])Act of 1801 was turning America into a (*) “mobocracy.” Aaron Burr presided over this person’s trial, in which Luther Martin successfully defended this person from John Randolph of Roanoke’s charges that he had been biased against John Fries (10[1])and James T. Callender. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this (-5[1])Supreme Court justice who was unsuccessfully impeached by the Democratic-Republicans. ■END■ (10[1]0[4])

ANSWER: Samuel Chase
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2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y850%25%38%78.50

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jaskaran SinghRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni GrillTeam Name Think Detail2015
Matt JacksonThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble4815
Jason GolfinosSaint Peter Andre 3000Curse you, Periplus the Platypus!75-5
Jerry VinokurovTeach Us to Outgrow Our LadnessThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)11310
ar RamjiHang et al., Robert Browningwave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp117-5
Justin WytmarDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid TooQuasicrystal Silence122-5
Kevin WangI would prefer not toThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub1330
Nick JensenThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubI would prefer not to1330
Stephen LiuCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!Saint Peter Andre 300013310
Paul KasińskiThe Canadiansremembrance of lost time1330
Alexander Nerowave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gpHang et al., Robert Browning1330