[BlackElk]

Oliver Wendell Holmes was the most evil person ever to serve on SCOTUS, thankfully in the minority most of the time. The Confederate bullet that grievously wounded him was a tragic misfortune in that it failed to kill him. You fail in identifying the VIEWS of Holmes with the presumed VIEWS of Theodore Roosevelt to give TR the credit he deserves. Of the two, he was clearly and by far the superior man.

[liberallarry]

Theodore Roosevelt, so far as I know him, is a truly heroic figure. It was not my intention to slight him in any way. Oliver Wendall Holmes is generally regarded as one of our great Chief Justices, as is John Marshall - whom you fail to mention. Whether you agree with that assessment or not is beside the point. Both felt that the Constituion - and morality - were molded by the people of the day, not set in stone. By virtue of their position they made their beliefs a reality.

[liberallarry]

You fail in identifying the VIEWS of Holmes with the presumed VIEWS of Theodore Roosevelt to give TR the credit he deserves

I reread my post 51 (to which you replied). I did no such thing.

[liberallarry]

I refer you to "Theodore Rex" by Edmund Morris for a good exposition of the positions of Holmes, Roosevelt, and the Republicans of the time.