American Minute with Bill Federer Justice Joseph Story appointed to Supreme Court by James Madison His father was a Boston Tea Party “Indian.” Joseph Story graduated second in his class from Harvard. He was a U.S. Representative, then was elected Massachusetts Speaker of the House. SOURCE: “Tyrants accomplish their purposes…by disarming the people” “The Relation of Christianity to Civil Government in the United … More “Tyrants accomplish their purposes…by disarming the people”