William O. Douglas | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-04

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William O. Douglas


00:01:54 1 Early life and education
00:05:04 2 Yale and the SEC
00:06:16 2.1 Politics and government
00:07:22 3 Supreme Court
00:08:21 3.1 Relationships with others at Supreme Court
00:09:41 3.2 Judicial philosophy
00:13:31 3.3 Rosenberg case
00:14:49 3.4 Vietnam War
00:17:03 3.5 "Trees have standing"
00:18:59 4 Environmentalism
00:21:27 4.1 Honors
00:22:28 5 Presidential politics
00:25:05 6 Impeachment attempts
00:25:21 6.1 Rosenberg case
00:25:54 6.2 1970 attempt
00:29:28 7 Judicial record-setter
00:30:12 8 Nicknames
00:30:43 9 Retirement
00:33:40 10 Personal life
00:36:37 11 Death
00:38:30 12 Legacy and honors
00:40:06 13 Theater
00:40:22 14 Bibliography



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William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898 – January 19, 1980) was an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas was confirmed at the age of 40, one of the youngest justices appointed to the court. His term, lasting 36 years and 211 days (1939–75), is the longest in the history of the Supreme Court. In 1975 Time magazine called Douglas "the most doctrinaire and committed civil libertarian ever to sit on the court".After an itinerant childhood, Douglas attended Whitman College on a scholarship. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1925 and joined the Yale Law School faculty. After serving as the third chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Douglas was successfully nominated to the Supreme Court, succeeding Justice Louis Brandeis. He was among those seriously considered for the 1944 Democratic vice presidential nomination and was subject to an unsuccessful draft movement prior to the 1948 presidential election. Douglas served on the Court until his retirement in 1975, and was succeeded by John Paul Stevens. Douglas holds a number of records as a Supreme Court Justice, including the most opinions.
Douglas wrote the Court's majority opinion in major cases such as Griswold v. Connecticut, United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc., Brady v. Maryland, and Terminiello v. City of Chicago. He wrote notable concurring or dissenting opinions in cases such as Dennis v. United States, Brandenburg v. Ohio, and Terry v. Ohio. He was also known as a strong opponent of the Vietnam War and an ardent advocate of environmentalism.