Justice William O. Douglas (in part and dissenting in part)
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Justice William O. Douglas was a long-serving and influential U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his strong civil libertarian views and frequent, often passionate, separate opinions.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Justice William O. Douglas (in part and dissenting in part) canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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author ⓘ civil libertarian ⓘ lawyer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| birthDate | 1898-10-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Maine, Minnesota, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1980-01-19 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| educatedAt |
Columbia Law School
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Whitman College ⓘ |
| employer |
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Yale Law School ⓘ |
| endTime | 1975-11-12 ⓘ |
| familyName | Douglas ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
constitutional law
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securities regulation ⓘ |
| fullName |
William O. Douglas
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surface form:
William Orville Douglas
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| givenName | William ⓘ |
| ideology | liberal ⓘ |
| knownFor |
environmental advocacy
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expansive interpretation of the Bill of Rights ⓘ frequent separate opinions ⓘ passionate dissents ⓘ strong civil libertarian views ⓘ |
| memberOf | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor |
broad view of the right to privacy
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strong defense of freedom of association ⓘ strong defense of freedom of speech ⓘ |
| notableWork |
opinion in Griswold v. Connecticut
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opinions in First Amendment cases ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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law professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
New Deal Democrat
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surface form:
New Deal liberalism
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| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Justice Louis D. Brandeis
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surface form:
Louis Brandeis
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| record | longest-serving Justice in U.S. Supreme Court history ⓘ |
| religion | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| startTime | 1939-04-17 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | John Paul Stevens ⓘ |
| termLength | about 36 years ⓘ |
| wrote |
Go East, Young Man
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Of Men and Mountains ⓘ Points of Rebellion ⓘ |
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Wisconsin v. Yoder
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Justice William O. Douglas (in part and dissenting in part)
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