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Mr. Justice William Johnson And The Unenviable Dilemma, A. J. Levin Apr 1944

Mr. Justice William Johnson And The Unenviable Dilemma, A. J. Levin

Michigan Law Review

A policy of judicial avoidance, otherwise referred to as "judicial restraint," has clearly been the dominant trend in the United States Supreme Court since Mr. Justice Holmes began to sit upon that bench at the beginning of this century. There has been an inclination to explain this change as revealing a tendency of the Court to follow a policy of laissez-faire toward the legislative and executive departments, and to stop at this formalistic explanation of this important aspect of the judicial function. The Court's increasing awareness of its own lack of technical competence in dealing with the many complex governmental …


Mr. Justice Cardozo And Problems Of Government, Dean G. Acheson Feb 1939

Mr. Justice Cardozo And Problems Of Government, Dean G. Acheson

Michigan Law Review

The sorrow with which the entire nation learned of the death of Mr. Justice Cardozo bears witness to the sense of loss felt by the great body of his fellow citizens. Few of the people who mourn him had personal opportunity to know the high qualities of his mind or his saintly character. Yet they truly feel that between him and the thought and spirit of his time there was fundamental sympathy and understanding. In a real sense the cast of his thinking was the product of his age. This awareness of his time was coupled in him with sensitiveness …


Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney, Wm. E. Mikell Jan 1924

Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney, Wm. E. Mikell

West Virginia Law Review

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Justice William Rufus Day, Harry B. Hutchins Jan 1903

Justice William Rufus Day, Harry B. Hutchins

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The University of Michigan , when measured by the standard of public services rendered by its graduates, must certainly be accorded an honorable rank. For a quarter of a century the number of its alumni occupying high official station has been large. The list includes state executives, judges of state courts of last resort, senators and representatives in the national congress, cabinet officers, and members of important commissions raised by the general government for international and executive purposes. The character of the services has in some cases been conspicuous for its excellence and in all cases such as to bring …