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To: DallasBiff

Douglas’s notable opinions included Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)—which established the constitutional right to privacy, and was foundational to later cases such as Eisenstadt v. Baird, Roe v. Wade, Lawrence v. Texas and Obergefell v. Hodges—Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942), United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. (1948), Terminiello v. City of Chicago (1949), Brady v. Maryland (1963), and Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections (1966).

Douglas also served as an associate justice in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education (1954), a Supreme Court case that outlawed segregation in American public schools. He wrote notable concurring or dissenting opinions in cases such as Dennis v. United States (1951), United States v. O’Brien (1968), Terry v. Ohio (1968), and Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969). He was also known as a strong opponent of the Vietnam War and an ardent advocate of environmentalism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_O._Douglas


14 posted on 07/02/2024 4:36:20 PM PDT by Freest Republican (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by imbeciles)
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To: Freest Republican
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_O._Douglas

From memory, Douglas also dissented in a denial of certiorari in a case challenging a disorderly conduct statute as overly broad and constitutionally vague. I can only imagine what he would think of all of the harassment laws, and other criminal statutes of the Administrative State.
15 posted on 07/02/2024 4:49:43 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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