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The Court Years, 1939-1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas served ont he Supreme Court for over 36 years -- longer than any other Justice in history. His tenure was marked by an unyielding and brilliantly executed determination to "keep the government off the backs of the people." (from the jacket blurb)
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A good overview of Bill Douglas' court years. Not totally shocked by what he thought of LBJ, including how much he manipulated us into Vietnam. I am shocked that he didn't always rate Thurgood Marshall highly outside of civil rights issues. That said, per Douglas, that Marshall never would vote for cert. on Vietnam War draft protesters appealing their draft calls because Congress never declared war, makes Douglas' feelings understandable.
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Neat autobiography of a classic - the liberal justice who served on the Supreme Court for 36 years during the administrations of six different presidents. He provides an interesting view of the inner working of the Court during his time, and reviews many of the important cases...such as Brown v Board of Education.
I picked this book up a few months ago, flush with my first paycheck as the Posner Intern for CMU Libraries. I finally finished Cryptonomicon and so can pick up a new tomb. Thus far I am finding
The Court Years
to be a great complement to my Bill of Rights class, especially reading about Justice Douglas's regret for his votes in the Japanese Internment cases. It really helps to contextualize a period of rapid change in both American society and American jurisprudence. Fascinating stuff.
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WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS was born in Maine, Minnesota, on October 16, 1898, and raised in Yakima, Washington. He entered Whitman College in 1916, but his studies were interrupted by military service in World War I. Douglas was graduated from Whitman in 1920 and taught school for two years before attending law school at Columbia University. Upon graduation in 1925, he joined a New York law firm, but left
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