Salt of the earth, conscience of the court
Subtitle: the story of Justice Wiley Rutledge
By: John M. Ferren.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 577
Subjects: Rutledge, Wiley, 1894-1949; United States. Supreme Court -- Biography; Judges -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: Justice Wiley Rutledge (1894-1949), a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, was FDR's last appointee to the Supreme Court, where he was a leading liberal voice on the bench. In this readable and first full biography of Rutledge, Judge Ferren addresses both his life and judicial decision-making, his principled approach to liberal judicial activism, his stand on the first Japanese war crimes trial, and other civil libertarian matters where Rutledge made his mark.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-541) and index.
Table of contents: title: Kentucky and Tennessee; title: Wisconsin, Indiana, North Carolina, New Mexico; title: Colorado; title: St. Louis : high standards and a "big heart"; title: St. Louis : a public liberal; title: Legal philosophy; title: Iowa City : innovation and influence; title: Iowa City : support for minorities, legal aid, and court-packing; title: Roosevelt's first court vacancies : Van Devanter, Sutherland, Cardozo; title: The Brandeis vacancy; title: Court of Appeals years : adjustment and impending World War; title: Court of Appeals years : judicial approach and outside interests; title: The Byrnes vacancy; title: The new justice; title: Denaturalized citizenship, West Coast curfew, and Japanese-American internment; title: First Amendment freedoms; title: Acrimony in the court; title: The Selective Service, price control, and agency review; title: War crimes and military commissions; title: A new chief, Jackson's blast from Nuremberg, and the striking mine workers; title: A more seasoned justice, sharp divides over criminal procedure; title: State courts, the Bill of Rights, and access to federal courts; title: The commerce clause and equal protection; title: The Justice's world view; title: Last term; title: Last days : the man and the Justice remembered.