Title: Salt of the earth, conscience of the court
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.
Subjects: Biography, Judges, United States, United States. Supreme Court, Rutledge, wiley, 1894-1949, United states, supreme court, Judges, biography
Places: United States
People: Wiley Rutledge (1894-1949)