James Clark McReynolds

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States human

James Clark McReynolds was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1914–1941) known for his conservative views and opposition to many New Deal programs.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → human →
appointedBy	Woodrow Wilson →
burialPlace	Cave Hill Cemetery →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1862-02-03 →
dateOfDeath	1946-08-24 →
educatedAt	University of Virginia School of Law → Vanderbilt University →
endTime	1941-02-01 →
endTime (Attorney General)	1914-03-05 →
familyName	McReynolds →
fieldOfWork	antitrust law → constitutional law →
givenName	James →
ideology	conservatism →
knownFor	hostility to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal → reputation for antisemitism → striking down economic regulation during the Lochner era →
memberOf	Supreme Court of the United States →
middleName	Clark →
name	James Clark McReynolds →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableCase	Adkins v. Children’s Hospital → Pierce v. Society of Sisters → Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States → United States v. Butler →
notableFor	opposition to New Deal legislation →
occupation	government official → judge → lawyer →
partOf	Four Horsemen (Supreme Court) →
placeOfBirth	Elkton, Kentucky →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. →
politicalParty	Democratic Party →
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → United States Attorney General →
precededBy	George W. Wickersham → Horace Harmon Lurton →
religion	Baptist →
servedInOffice	United States Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson →
startTime	1914-10-12 →
startTime (Attorney General)	1913-03-15 →
succeededBy	James F. Byrnes → Thomas Watt Gregory →
workLocation	Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United States v. Butler →	majorityJusticesJoining
James Clark McReynolds →	name