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1 online resource (xii, 577 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-541) and index. |
| Contents |
Kentucky and Tennessee -- Wisconsin, Indiana, North Carolina, New Mexico -- Colorado -- St. Louis : high standards and a "big heart" -- St. Louis : a public liberal -- Legal philosophy -- Iowa City : innovation and influence -- Iowa City : support for minorities, legal aid, and court-packing -- Roosevelt's first court vacancies : Van Devanter, Sutherland, Cardozo -- The Brandeis vacancy -- Court of Appeals years : adjustment and impending World War -- Court of Appeals years : judicial approach and outside interests -- The Byrnes vacancy -- The new justice -- Denaturalized citizenship, West Coast curfew, and Japanese-American internment -- First Amendment freedoms -- Acrimony in the court -- The Selective Service, price control, and agency review -- War crimes and military commissions -- A new chief, Jackson's blast from Nuremberg, and the striking mine workers -- A more seasoned justice, sharp divides over criminal procedure -- State courts, the Bill of Rights, and access to federal courts -- The commerce clause and equal protection -- The Justice's world view -- Last term -- Last days : the man and the Justice remembered. |
| Summary |
The Kentucky-born son of a Baptist preacher Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge (1894-1949) became one of the Court's leading liberal activists and a supporter of racial equality, free speech, and church-state separation. Drawing on over 160 interviews, John M. Ferren provides a valuable analysis of Rutledge's life and judicial decision-making. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rutledge, Wiley, Jr., 1894-1949.
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Rutledge, Wiley, Jr., 1894-1949. |
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United States. Supreme Court -- Biography.
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United States. Supreme Court. |
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Biographies.
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Rutledge, Wiley, 1894-1949. |
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United States. Supreme Court. |
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Rutledge, Wiley, 1894-1949. |
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États-Unis. Supreme Court -- Biographies. |
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Rutledge, Wiley. |
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USA / Oberster Gerichtshof. |
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Judges -- United States -- Biography.
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Judges. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ferren, John M. Salt of the earth, conscience of the court. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004 0807828661 (DLC) 2003027752 (OCoLC)53993053 |
| ISBN |
0807876615 (electronic book) |
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9780807876619 (electronic book) |
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0807828661 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807828663 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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