BEHIND THE BENCH, A MAN LESS THAN FULL BRUCE MURPHY'S BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS SHOWS A JUSTICE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS POLITICAL CAREER THAN LAWS OF THE LAND A POLITICAL JUSTICE

The Boston Globe | March 9, 2003| | Copyright

Though the US Supreme Court is one of the most prestigious institutions in the world, very few truly great men, and no great women, have served on it. With the exception of the occasional John Marshall, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., and Louis Brandeis, the majority of our justices have been workmen-like lawyers who were appointed to the high court for political reasons. Most have been decent people, though Roger Taney was a racist, David Brewer a religious bigot, and James McReynolds an anti-Semite. Some have lacked the basic intellectual and professional competence to perform their task: ...

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