[GOPcapitalist]

And evidence of support would be some indication, any indication, that he tried to get the bill through. Yet there is none. None whatsoever

In addition to the explicit request for a court bill in his 1862 state of the union address, the online index of Davis' collected works found at http://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/ includes, under its index heading "supreme court," the following documents:

Vol 8 (1862) pp. 61
Vol 9 (1863) pp. 3, 219
Vol 10 (1864) pp. 614

Vol 11, covering the second half of 1864 and 1865, has yet to be published.

This indicates that Davis wrote or spoke on the court AT LEAST four times after his 1862 address, at which time the judiciary bill he desired was being debated in Congress.

[Non-Sequitur]

And the specific quotes are?

[mac_truck]

Vol 11, covering the second half of 1864 and 1865, has yet to be published.

It would seem incredible that at this point in time to suppose that Jeff Davis' collected works has not been published in its entirety. Am I correct to assume that the above comment refers to online publishment as opposed to to hard copy?

On a separate point, it is interesting to speculate who would have been appointed to a confederate supreme court. Roger Taney comes to mind (even though he died in 1863). Are there any other confederate jurists who might have been considered?