Salt of the earth, conscience of the court the story of Justice Wiley Rutledge - Ferren, John M. (University of North Carolina Press, 2004)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-541) and index
Kentucky and Tennessee -- Wisconsin, Indiana, North Carolina, New Mexico -- Colorado -- St. Louis : high standards and a "big heart" -- St. Louis : a public liberal -- Legal philosophy -- Iowa City : innovation and influence -- Iowa City : support for minorities, legal aid, and court-packing -- Roosevelt's first court vacancies : Van Devanter, Sutherland, Cardozo -- The Brandeis vacancy -- Court of Appeals years : adjustment and impending World War -- Court of Appeals years : judicial approach and outside interests -- The Byrnes vacancy -- The new justice -- Denaturalized citizenship, West Coast curfew, and Japanese-American internment -- First Amendment freedoms -- Acrimony in the court -- The Selective Service, price control, and agency review -- War crimes and military commissions -- A new chief, Jackson's blast from Nuremberg, and the striking mine workers -- A more seasoned justice, sharp divides over criminal procedure -- State courts, the Bill of Rights, and access to federal courts -- The commerce clause and equal protection -- The Justice's world view -- Last term -- Last days : the man and the Justice remembered
The Kentucky-born son of a Baptist preacher Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge (1894-1949) became one of the Court's leading liberal activists and a supporter of racial equality, free speech, and church-state separation. Drawing on over 160 interviews, John M. Ferren provides a valuable analysis of Rutledge's life and judicial decision-making