Hugo L. Black

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Hugo L. Black was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his strong advocacy of civil liberties and broad interpretation of the Constitution, particularly the First Amendment.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court justice
human
lawyer
politician
appointedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt
barAdmittedTo Alabama State Bar
branchOfService Medical Corps of the United States Army
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1886-02-27
dateOfDeath 1971-09-25
educatedAt University of Alabama
University of Alabama School of Law
endTime 1971-09-17
endTimeAsSenatorFromAlabama 1937-08-19
familyName Black
givenName Hugo
ideology New Deal liberal
civil libertarian
knownFor broad interpretation of the First Amendment
doctrine of incorporation of the Bill of Rights against the states
strong advocacy of civil liberties
textualist approach to the U.S. Constitution
mannerOfDeath natural causes
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States)
militaryService United States Army
notableFor absolutist view of the First Amendment’s free speech clause
support for separation of church and state
notableWork opinion in Betts v. Brady (dissent)
opinion in Engel v. Vitale (concurrence)
opinion in Everson v. Board of Education
opinion in Gideon v. Wainwright
opinion in Korematsu v. United States (majority)
numberOfChildren 3
occupation attorney
judge
politician
placeOfBirth Harlan, Clay County, Alabama, United States
placeOfDeath Bethesda, Maryland, United States
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
United States Senator from Alabama
practicedLawIn Birmingham, Alabama, United States
religion Baptist
sexOrGender male
spouse Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte Black
Josephine Foster Black
startTime 1937-08-19
startTimeAsSenatorFromAlabama 1927-03-04
stateRepresentedInSenate Alabama
workLocation Washington, D.C., United States


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