Edward Lincoln (Alternity)

Edward Baker 'Eddie' Lincoln (March 10, 1846 – July 7, 1934) was the second son of Abraham Lincoln and 8th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, serving from 1895 to 1920. He presided over several important cases in the early 20th century, such as the Arizona v. Baja (1908) land dispute over rights to use of the lower Colorado River (in which he ruled in favor of compromise by dividing territorial rights), Oklahoma v. Texas (1910) dispute over Oklahoma's southern border, the Red River, in which he ruled for Oklahoma, citing pre-established federal boundaries set for the state before the Civil War, in 1856. Lincoln's last significant and possibly most landmark case was Schenck v. United States (1919), where Charles Schenck, a leader of the Socialist Party of America who promoted opposition to the draft in World War I - opposition that was in violation of the Espionage Act of 1917 - appealed to the Supreme Court after he was convicted of violation of the Espionage Act, a conviction, he argued, violated his First Amendment rights. Lincoln ruled, along with a unanimous court decision, that Schenck was not protected by the First Amendment for his opposition of the draft and set the "clear and present danger rule" for limits on the First Amendment until 1969. In 1920, Lincoln retired from the Supreme Court, now seventy-four, and took a sideline on politics for the rest of his life. He and his three brothers attended the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial (in honor of their father) in May 1922, after which Edward and his wife Alice retired to a secluded estate on the north coast of Maine, and where Edward died twelve years later, on July 7, 1934, his four children, June, Edward Jr., Mark, and Jimmy at his bedside.