Asian American & Asian, United States, Lawyers & Judges, Japan, Legal Profession, Legal History, Wiley Rutledge, Rutledge, Biography 

"Justice Wiley Rutledge (1894-1949), a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, was FDR's last appointee to the Supreme Court, where he was a leading liberal voice on the bench. In this readable and first full biography of Rutledge, Judge Ferren addresses both his life and judicial decision-making, his principled approach to liberal judicial activism, his stand on the first Japanese war crimes trial, and other civil libertarian matters where Rutledge made his mark." - Voila 

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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. 

Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-541) and index.