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« on: December 05, 2005, 04:36:51 PM »
Who do you think are the five greatest justices to sit on the United States Supreme Court?
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« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2005, 10:25:32 PM »
I'll try to avoid ideological bias:

1. Hugo Black
2. Oliver Wendell Holmes
3. John Marshall Harlan II
4. John Marshall
5. George Sutherland
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« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2005, 09:37:51 PM »
Thomas, Van Devanter, Black, Story, and Strong

If you wish you may replace Strong with one of the three remaining "four horsemen". He's there mainly because I admire his devout Christianity.
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« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2005, 10:10:15 PM »
In no order:

Hugo Black
Clarence Thomas
John Marshall
William O. Douglas
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2005, 11:01:09 PM »
« Edited: December 07, 2005, 12:42:58 PM by Virginian87 »
In no particular order:

John Marshall
John Marshall Harlan
Charles Evans Hughes (Didn't agree with everything he did though)
William O. Douglas
Oliver Wendell Holmes


What the...?  *vomits*  May I ask your rationale for this?  Because there have been plenty of better conservatives on the court than this guy.
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« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2005, 11:24:23 PM »
I wanted to include someone modern and I prefer Thomas to Scalia or Rehnquist
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« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2005, 05:11:13 PM »
Most have been horrible people who believe freedom of speech includes burning flags. Few have agreed with me on anything, none on everything.
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