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« on: February 26, 2015, 03:24:31 PM »

What is your opinion of Alabama Senator and Supreme Court justice Hugo Black?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Black

Staunch New Deal supporter and proposed a 30 hour work week. Supported important civil rights legislation in his 34 years on the court.

Started his public career by getting a lay preacher aquitted for murdering a Catholic priest, who had married his daughter to a Puerto Rican, and joined the KKK. Filibustered anti-lynching legislation. Also allowed LBJ to cheat his way into the Senate and did not think there was any constitutional right to marital privacy (Griswold v. Connecticut).

Refused to be burried "in Alabama sacred soil" by the state of Alabama.
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« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2015, 04:20:31 PM »

Not perfect, but definitely a FF.
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« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2015, 04:26:23 PM »

HP all the way
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« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2015, 04:28:55 PM »


All the way? Also when he voted for civil rights legislation?
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« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2015, 04:59:15 PM »

I'm a big fan
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« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2015, 05:12:10 PM »


He's a Libertarian. Presumably he opposes Civil Rights because muh States Rights.
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« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2015, 05:16:19 PM »

HP by a good margin.
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« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2015, 05:46:42 PM »

Former Klansmen = HP, on balance.  Perfect example of how racist Southern Democratic Senator =/= conservative.

As a judge, he was better.  But I tend to be skeptical of politicians who "change," whether that's Thurmond, Byrd, Wallace, whomever.
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« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2015, 07:10:48 PM »

FF by a great margin (not a libertarian)
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« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2015, 07:12:18 PM »

An overwhelming HP.
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« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2015, 08:02:25 PM »

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« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2015, 11:20:10 PM »

a mixed bag. FF generally, though by no means completely, on 1st amendment issues, among other things.  HP for among other his support of Wickard v Filburn, and most especially his authoring of Korematsu.
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« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2015, 11:50:59 PM »

a mixed bag. FF generally, though by no means completely, on 1st amendment issues, among other things.  HP for among other his support of Wickard v Filburn, and most especially his authoring of Korematsu.

So you are strictly judging by his SC career?
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« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2015, 01:29:47 AM »

a mixed bag. FF generally, though by no means completely, on 1st amendment issues, among other things.  HP for among other his support of Wickard v Filburn, and most especially his authoring of Korematsu.

So you are strictly judging by his SC career?

mostly. That was the majority of his public life and where he had the most influence, though his work on what became the FLSA was significant also.
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« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2015, 07:47:44 AM »

Hugo Black was a strict textualist, so he won't really align with most of the liberal and conservative views today. Overall, I'd say FF, despite the horrendous opinion in Korematsu. He was one that was adamant that segregation should have ended immediately.
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« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2015, 12:47:19 PM »

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« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2015, 01:43:52 PM »

I prefer Hugo Blick.
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« Reply #17 on: February 28, 2015, 07:36:26 PM »

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« Reply #18 on: March 02, 2015, 01:01:37 PM »

Hugo Black got a KKK activist who murdered a Catholic Priest (James Coyle) off by arguing the insanity defense. Why was Father Coyle murdered? He married the KKK member's daughter to a Puerto Rican man. Hugo Black was a horrible person. 
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« Reply #19 on: March 02, 2015, 04:48:54 PM »


He's a Libertarian. Presumably he opposes Civil Rights because muh States Rights.

Nice straw man.
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« Reply #20 on: March 02, 2015, 05:08:34 PM »


He's a Libertarian. Presumably he opposes Civil Rights because muh States Rights.

Nice straw man.
It was so good that it was on fire!
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« Reply #21 on: March 02, 2015, 05:13:09 PM »

Slightly FF on balance.
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« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2015, 10:02:19 AM »


He's a Libertarian. Presumably he opposes Civil Rights because muh States Rights.

Nice straw man.

Nice rebuttal.
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« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2015, 04:55:24 PM »


one of those issues on which Ben and I overlap.  so far we have Taylor Swift and Hugo Black.
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