[dirtboy]

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[Question_Assumptions]

A womanizer who supported unfettered access to abortion. Why doesn't that surprise me?

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Wow!

Can't wait to see the major coverage of these revelations on NBC, CBS and ABC </sarcasm>.

[Alberta's Child]

There is a conservative law professor at a prominent university who has a long-standing habit of referring to William O. Douglas as "William Zero Douglas."

[Gothmog]

Great post, thanks

[justshutupandtakeit]

Posner should be on the short list for SC nomination.

I do disagree though and do believe John Marshall to be a genius.

[rellimpank]

--I'm headed to the library to get my name on the list for the book--another liberal exposed.

[CatoRenasci]

Bump for an outstanding review by an important legal scholar.

Douglas sounds a whole lot like Bill Clinton in this portrait. This is a book I have to read.

[JG52blackman]

It is becoming more and more apparent that to be an icon or a titan of the left requires a person to get their morals, character, and integrity from a cesspool.

[yankeedame]

Douglas...became a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission and before long its chairman. His two years as chairman brought notable successes in efforts to regulate the stock exchanges and made him a hero of the second New Deal.

FYI Of the 10 worst stock market crashes in the 20th century fully 1/2 took place under FDR, the New Deal, and presumedly (Judge) Douglas. To wit:

#1) 4/17/30 - 7/8/31
294.07->41.22 -88%

#2) 3/10/37 - 3/31/38
194.40->98.95 -49.1%

#4) 9/31/29 - 11/13/29
381.17->198.69 -47.9%

#8) 9/12/39 - 4/28/42
155.92->92.92 -40.4%

#10) 9/7/32 - 2/27/33
79.93->50.16 37.2%

The winds of time are continually shearing away the gilt of FDR's legacy.

[pettifogger]

Thought you'd appreciate this.

[Pukka Puck]

Enjoyable read.
Thanks for posting it.

[tet68]

Once, when the dean of the law school was too drunk to find his way to the railroad station to catch a train to a city in which he was to give a speech, Douglas considerately drove him to the station--and put him on a train to a different city.

This IS funny!