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Chief Justice. Wrote Dred Scott Decision. |
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This interest in books was the beginning of a lifelong devotion to reading that would later make him a familiar sight at the Library of Congress during his Washington years. He managed to graduate in 1808, but not without first being expelled temporarily for participating in a student rebellion. Had quite the social life. Supporter and appointed by Andrew Jackson. Encouraged Chief Justice taney to make Dred Scot a broad constitutional decision to put slavery issue to rest. Georgia Citizenship was revoked for supporting the Union. |
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Brother in the Senate had opposing views. Speaker of the House. Mayor of New v. Miln (Ship records) |
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Part of General Andrew Jackson's army. Concurrent opinion in Dred Scott. Southerner who supported Union in Civil War. Had expansionist view of wartime federal powers. |
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Alabama Bank Cases in circuit riding. Overturned by Supreme Court. Advocated greater access to land by small buyers. |
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Appointed in last week of Van Buren's Term. Absolutist state's rights supporter and extreme secessionist. |
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50 year judicial career. Wrote more limited, alternate Dred Scott Opinion. Wrote Dissent in Prize Cases (Lincoln's wartime power). Thought Lincoln should have avoided war. Alabama Claims Commission. |
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Kept an notes on his thoughts. Overachiever. From New Hampshire, Dartmouth Trustee. Secretary of the Navy, Treasury Secretary. Jones v. Van Zandt |
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Wrote majority opinion in Prize Cases, upholding Lincoln's wartime actions. Suffered paralysis and forced to retire. |
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Resigned after Dred Scott, in which he dissented. Doctrine of "selective exclusiveness". |
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Southerner who resigned at outbreak of Civil War. Tried to broker peace with the Union. Eventually argued Slaughter House cases before the Supreme Court. |
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Polk's Attorney General. Brokered Treaty with Mexico. Became Mexican Minister. Resolved President Hayes' election. |
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Strong abolitionist. First appointee of Lincoln. Strongly supported the post war amendments. |
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Abolitionist. Appointed by lincoln. First Justice west of the mississippi. Slaughter House cases, "wrote that the right to do business did not derive from one's U.S. citizenship" |
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Primary architect of lincoln's nomination strategy. Nominated by Lincoln as recognition for his campaign efforst. 300 pounds. Mutton chops. Wrote decision in Ex Parte Milligan. |
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Alcalde in California. Nominated to 10th seat during civil war. His enemy was killed by his body guard. Served on the court with his nephew, David Brewer. |
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Lost to Lincoln in Primary, appointed Treasury Sec. Appointed Chief Justice by Lincoln. Voted against const. of Legal Tender Acts he helped with as Treasury Secretary. Texas v. White (approved Congress Reconstruction program) |
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Wrote the decision establishing paper money as currency. VP of American Bible society |
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Cast the deciding vote in Favor of Hayes. Ruled 1875 Civil Rights Act unconstitutional. Biased with sex and race |
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Lone Dissenter in United States v. Reese (weakened application of 15th amendment to protect black voters) Charged Susan B. Anthony $100 for voting. Wouldn't quit for 3 years after a stroke. |
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Chief Justice. Had no judicial experience when appointed. Wrote United States V. Cruikshanks majority opinion. United States V. Reese. |
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Lone Dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson. |
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Wrote for Majority in United States v. Harris, saying the Congress couldn't punish individuals for depriving civil rights. |
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"toleration - I hate that word." Was Hayes' counsel in determining outcome of election. Ruled against polygamists and grand jury indictment regrettably. |
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6'6''. Helped establish the "case study method." Proved Dred Scott wrong with Jefferson Quote. Became a member of Boston's Saturday Club with famous writers. |
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one of the hardest working, most productive justices on supreme court ever. "Workhorse." Contradicted himself in the government setting rates in Chi, Mil, & St. Paul Rail way v. Minnesota and Budd v. New York. Last New York seat justice. |
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First Democratic appointee in years after Civil War. Broke up Democratic party after Stephen Douglas won nomination. Supported Seccession and fought for confederacy. Kidd v. Pearson (ruled that manufacturing wasn't business) |
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Chief Justice. Prolific poet. Read and had a shit ton of books. Instituted the HANDSHAKING practice. Struck down first income tax.Served in the Hague. |
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Property rights advocate. Muller v. Oregon (imposed maximum work week for women) Uncle (?) was on court with him. |
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Appointment to Supreme Court was "magnificent christmas gift." Wrote majority opinion in Plessy |
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the only justice with no political or judicial experience prior to his appointment. Was swing vote in Pollock V. Farmers Loan and Trust, the case that doomed the first income tax. Retired after 10 years of service. |
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Despite being incredibly sick, haggard, and frail. Voted on income tax case |
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First Associate Justice to be elevated to Chief Justice. Rule of reason in judging anti-trust cases. |
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Wrote majority opinion in Lochner v. New York. Father was a state supreme court justice. |
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Friends with Leland Stanford. AG to McKinley. Took law classes at Columbia after his appointment. Upheld Mann Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
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Clear and Present Danger Doctrine (Schenk v. US) Law is a living, evolving organism. PROGRESSIVES Progressive |
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Drafted Terms of War against Spain. Secretary of State. hawaii, guam, puerto rico. Buchanan v. Warley (racially segregate neighborhoods are unconstitutional.) |
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Co-Prosecutor in Lizzie Borden Trial. Attorney General for Teddy fighting for anti-trust. Twinning v. New Jersey (self-incrimination protections don't apply to states) |
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Oldest justice ever to be appointed. Served on federal appeals court with Taft, subsequently nominated by him. |
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Nonconsecutive terms as Associate Justice and Chief Justice. Chief Justice during New Deal. Changed temperament of court that prevented the court packing. |
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Wyoming bad ass motherfucker. Drafted Judiciary Act of 1925. McGrain v. Daughtery (affirmed congress' right to subpoena witnesses). Leader of the wing against Roosevelt. |
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Georgia Supreme Court. Gompers v. Bucks Stove and Range Company |
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Antilabor "yellow dog contracts" New Jersey |
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AG under Wilson. A "Four Horseman" VERY ANTI-Roosevelt. Kind of an ass to people, but secretly gave to charity. |
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Helped create pro-bono tradition. Helped designed anti-trust laws and the New Deal legislation. "Brandeis Brief" relied on sociolgical data. First Jew. Insisted on Privacy. |
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Majority opinion in US v. Lehigh Valley Railroad. Wrote majority opinion in Abrams v. United States limiting free speech.Resigned to advocate league of nations. |
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Chief Justice and President. Nuff said. |
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Only justice from Utah. NOT MORMON. Four Horseman. |
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Four Horseman. Against New Deal. Minnesota. Laissez-Fair. Stubborn. |
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Wrote Gitlow v. New York. Strengthened freedom of the press. Pocket Veto. |
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Chief Justice In WII. Appointed J. Edgar Hoover. First Justice to appear before Senate Judiciary Commitee. Supported New Deal, was in minority. Upheld Japanese internment. Cerebral hemmorage in court killed the bastard. |
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"the switch in time that saved nine" West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish. Wrote the opinion invalidating Agriculture Adjustment Act. |
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Replaced Oliver Wendell Holmes Wrote opinion in Palko v. Connecticut. Upheld Social Security. |
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Former Klan member. Chambers v. Florida. "No law, means NO LAW" |
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Solicitor General defending New Deal policies. Wrote decision invalidating white primary. Abandoned Brown v. Board dissent. Shortly Chairman of Civil Rights Commission |
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Last foreign born justice. Helped found the new republic. Knew about the Atomic Bomb. Separate opinion in Cooper V. Aaron. |
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Chairman of SEC. Dissented in Dennis V. United States. Strong civil libertarian. Wrote Griswold v. Connecticut opinion. |
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Created Civil Rights Division in DOJ. AG for Roosevelt. Disssented in Korematsu v. United States |
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FDR's favorite senator. Wrote opinion allowing interstate travel. Resigned to assist in war. Secretary of State at end of WWII |
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Chief US Counsel at Nuremburg Trials. |
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Everson v. Board of Education (New Jersey busing dissent- establishment clause) Yamashita dissent |
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First Truman appointee. Laid ground work for US participation in United Nations. Toolson v. New York Yankees. Reasoned picketing was not protected expression. |
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Helped establish Agricultural Adjustment Act and Social Security Act. Truman's Secretary of the Treasury. Chief Justice. Wrote Shelley v. Kramer, McLaurin v. Oklaholma City Regents, Sweatt v. Painter |
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Truman's Attorney General. Wrote opinion in Mapp v. Ohio (evidence from unconstitutional searches is inadmissable) Seeger (conscientious objector) Bible reading case (Schemp) a |
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Supported Court packing, tried to pass 7 vote decsion rule. Thought court should defer to other branches. Favored govt. (warrantless searches were OK) US v. Rabinowitz |
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Grandson of Harlan. Did not share activist views of Warren Court. Upheld NAACP right to keep lists confidential. |
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Wrote NY Times v. Sullivan. Wrote Texas v. Johnson |
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Swing Vote on warren Court |
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Dissented in Griswold. Independent justice of the Warren court. Katz v. United States (wiretapping) "cruel and unusual in the way that being struck by lightening is cruel and unusual) |
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All- American football player. Assistant AG to RFK. First JFK appointee. Dissented in Miranda and Roe. Davis V. Washington (equal protection clause) |
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Labor lawyer. Kennedy's Secretary of Labor. Escobedo (should be allowed to consult a lawyer). Resigned to be Ambassador to UN |
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close friend of LBJ. Wrote Opinion for In Re Gault (self-incrimination/right to counsel extends to juveniles) Tinker v. Des Moines (arm bands in schools-free speech). Resigned in disgrace 1969. |
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First African-American - NAACP lawyer. BAMF. |
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Chief Justice. Nixon appointee. Miller v. California. US v. Nixon. |
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UC Regents v. Bakke "in order to get passed racism, we have to take account of it" Wrote Roe v. Wade. Dissented in Bowers. |
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Nixon appointee because of his stance on Crime. San Antonio v. Rodriguez. Affirmative Action permissable, quotas HELL NO. |
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Chief Justice. Dissented in Roe v. Wade. Clerked in the 50's for Jackson. Uged that separate but equal not be overturned. |
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Gerald Ford nominee. FCC v. Pacifica opinion (dirty words) |
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First Woman. Planned parenthood v. casey |
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Swing Vote in Texas V. Johnson First italian american. Talked much about standing. Textualist approach. |
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Swing vote. Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Lawrence v. Texas. Chadha v. Immigration and Naturalization Service. |
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Never Married. Retired to go to new hampshire. Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Centrist. |
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Quiet. Second African American. Super duper conservative. Sexual harrassment controversy in confirmation. Hudson v. McMillan. |
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Clinton Appointee. Second Woman. Worked for equal rights for women. |
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Hey. Brey! Clerked for Goldberg. Wrote draft as clerk of Griswold v. CT. Assistant Special Prosecutor in Watergate. Clinton appointee. U.S. v. Lopez. Pragmatic. |
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Current Chief Justice. Bush appointee. 2005 |
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Bush Appointee. Second Italian American. ACLU opposed his nomination. |
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First Hispanic Justice. Dissented in Citizen's United, her first case. |
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Butt ugly. Dean of Harvard Law. Solictor General under Obama. |
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First Chief Justice. Wrote Federalist papers. |
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Appointed twice but never served. went fuckin crazy |
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Last to wear a wig. Was judge for Britain before the war. Avoided impeachment by denouncing loyalty to the crown. |
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One of two Scots to sign DOC. Him and Madison most influential members of const. const. Risky real estate speculator. Died in disgrace. |
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Ruling as virginia state justice seen as precedent for Marbury. Attended const. const. Missed several terms cause of a strange illness in his head. |
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Tax collector when young.Southern Circuit riding was hard. North Carolina. Dissented in chisholm v. georgia. |
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Buddies with George Washington. Shortest ever tenure on the court. |
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Architect of New Jersey Plan. Born in Ireland. Organized judicial branch as senator with judiciary act of 1789. Van Horne decision was quoted in Marbury. |
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Elitist. Ulare v. Hilton striking down virginia law contrary to treaty of paris |
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Proposed bicameral legislature. Chief Justice. |
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nephew of George Washington. Chief Justice Marshall's friend. |
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Missed Marbury v. Madson. University of North Carolina. |
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Marbury v. Madison Chief Justice. |
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First great dissenter. Very independent, went against Jefferson. Majority opinion in hudson v. goodwin. University of South Carolina. |
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Henry Brockholst Livingstone |
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Close friend of Jay. Dueled. Imprisoned by British. Energetic and Independent. |
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Petitioned for Kentucky statehood. First Justice from West! KENTUCKY |
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Comptroller of Treasury. Advanced opinions of slavery for his day. |
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Poet. One of most influential legal scholars in american history. |
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Created formula for determining legislative intent Cherokee nation opinion |
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Adam's only appointment. Kentucky supreme court positions put him at odds with his own state. |
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Postmaster General. established jeffersonian newspaper. DISSENTED in Dred Scott. |
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Eccentric. Stood up for Andrew Jackson. Intemperate, unhinged. |
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