The Great Dissenter
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The Great Dissenter was the nickname of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan, renowned for his powerful lone dissents defending civil rights and racial equality in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nickname ⓘ |
| appliedTo | John Marshall Harlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithAmendment |
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCourt | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithIdeology | Republican Party (historical, Reconstruction-era principles) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPersonRole |
American judge
ⓘ
American lawyer ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| field |
civil rights law
ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ law ⓘ |
| hasDissentIn |
Civil Rights Cases
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lochner-era economic regulation cases ⓘ Plessy v. Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenderAssociation | male ⓘ |
| ideology |
broad reading of the Reconstruction Amendments
ⓘ
judicial protection of minority rights ⓘ opposition to racial segregation ⓘ |
| influenced |
NAACP legal strategy (indirectly, via precedents)
ⓘ
later civil rights jurisprudence ⓘ |
| languageOfNickname | English ⓘ |
| legacy |
early voice against segregation in U.S. constitutional law
ⓘ
symbol of principled judicial dissent ⓘ |
| notableDissentTheme |
color-blind Constitution
GENERATED
ⓘ
equality before the law GENERATED ⓘ federal protection of civil rights GENERATED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defense of civil rights
ⓘ
defense of racial equality ⓘ powerful dissenting opinions ⓘ |
| notablePeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| refersTo | John Marshall Harlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfUse |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
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