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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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concurringOpinionBy
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Justice William O. Douglas (in part and dissenting in part)
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