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Kingpoleon
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« on: July 09, 2017, 01:51:59 PM »
Mine, in no particular order:
Sandra Day O'Connor
Charles Evan Hughes
Thurgood Marshall
Earl Warren
Byron White
William Rehnquist
Potter Stewart
Tom C. Clark
Hugo Black
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
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« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2017, 02:43:14 PM »
My top ten (in somewhat preferred order)
Hugo Black
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Joseph Story
Benjamin Curtis
Benjamin Cardozo
Harlan F. Stone
Charles Evans Hughes
Samuel Miller
Felix Frankfurter
Robert Jackson (noteworthy almost entirely for his eloquence)

My bottom ten -- the worst (in no particular order)
William O. Douglas
Anthony Kennedy
James McReynolds
Pierce Butler
Thurgood Marshall
William Brennan
Stephen Field
Arthur Goldberg
Earl Warren
Antonin Scalia
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« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2017, 05:56:36 PM »
Clarence Thomas
Antonin Scalia
Samuel Alito
William Rehnquist
Byron White
John Marshall
James Wilson
Joseph Story
John Jay
Bushrod Washington
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« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2017, 08:15:41 PM »
« Edited: July 10, 2017, 02:34:29 PM by mencken »
In Recency bias due to greater familiarity:

Neil Gorsuch (too soon?)
Stephen Field
Melville Fuller
Horace Gray
Rufus Peckham
William Rehnquist
Antonin Scalia
George Sutherland
Clarence Thomas
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« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2017, 08:30:06 PM »
In no particular order

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Harry Blackmun
William Brennen
Earl Warren
Elena Kagan
Sonia Sotomayor
John Stevens
Thurgood Marshall
Anthony Kennedy (writing style mostly)
Potter Stewart
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« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2017, 11:19:39 AM »
No particular order:

Thurgood Marshall
Earl Warren
Hugo Black
Louis Brandeis
Robert H. Jackson
Harlan Fiske Stone
William Howard Taft
Sonia Sotomayor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Elena Kegan
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brucejoel99
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« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2017, 01:31:46 PM »
Not 10, just 1 lmao: Ruth Bader Ginsburg ftw

also:
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« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2017, 09:01:45 PM »
Chronological:

Roberts
Thomas
Scalia
White
Jackson
Black
Roberts
Van DeVanter
McKenna
Harlan the greater
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« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2017, 09:56:02 PM »
Quote from: Mr. Reactionary on July 15, 2017, 09:01:45 PM
Chronological:

Roberts
Thomas
Scalia
White
Jackson
Black
Roberts
Van DeVanter
McKenna
Harlan the greater


The surname Roberts is there twice, so am I correct in assuming you mean both John Roberts and Owen Roberts?
How on Earth anybody could consider Joseph McKenna one of the 10 best Justices is beyond me.....
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2017, 03:15:31 PM »
Ranked by stance on Criminal Procedure

Marshall, T.
Fortas

Brennan
Warren
Kagan
Stevens

Ginsburg


Stewart










Scalia
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« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2017, 12:55:27 PM »
In chronological order:
Louis Brandeis
William O. Douglas
William Brennan
Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer
Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
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« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2017, 05:43:25 PM »
No order

Brennan
Brandeis
Breyer
Blackmun
Murphy
Warren
Marshall, J
Holmes
Cardozo
Marshall, T
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« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2017, 03:32:13 AM »
In no particular order:

William Brennan
Thurgood Marshall
Sonia Sotomayor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Hugo Black
Earl Warren
John Paul Stevens
Harry Blackmun
Louis Brandeis
William O. Douglas (mostly for a tenth)

Holmes wasn't awful, but I thoroughly detest his opinion in Schenck. I suppose the same could be said of Justice Black and Korematsu (in my opinion, the worst decision ever handed down by the Supreme Court), but he did make up for it in a number of decisions (particularly Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education).
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« Reply #13 on: July 24, 2017, 04:04:51 AM »
1. Earl Warren
2. Thurgood Marshall
3. Robert H. Jackson
4. Louis Brandeis
5. William O. Douglas
6. Tom C. Clark
7. Sonia Sotomayor
8. Elena Kegan
9. Stephen Breyer
10. John Stevens
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« Reply #14 on: August 04, 2017, 08:34:26 AM »
No order:
John Jay
John Marshall
Levi Woodbury
Joseph McKenna
Charles Evans Hughes
Hugo Black
Earl Warren
Harry Blackmun
Sandra Day O'Connor
Clarence Thomas
Honourable Mention:
Antonin Scalia
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Thurgood Marshall
William Rehnquist
William Howard Taft
Neil Gorsuch (still too early to tell)
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« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2017, 02:56:04 AM »
10. Pierce Butler
9. Samuel Alito
8. David Souter (New Hampshirites must stick together)
7. Thomas
6. George Sutherland
5. Warren Burger
4. Oliver Wendell Holmes
3. Rehnquist
2. Scalia
1. James McReynolds
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« Reply #16 on: August 08, 2017, 11:54:33 PM »
« Edited: August 08, 2017, 11:56:29 PM by AN63093 »
Quote from: BuckeyeNut on July 19, 2017, 03:15:31 PM
Ranked by stance on Criminal Procedure

Marshall, T.
Fortas

Brennan
Warren
Kagan
Stevens

Ginsburg


Stewart










Scalia

Bump from a while ago, I know, but this post got me curious.

Why such the low ranking for Scalia on crim pro?  Law school was a long time ago for me, so the details are fuzzier than they used to be, but I found Scalia to be rather good on the 4th, perhaps one of the areas where I would find him to be most on point (certainly more so than his schizo approach to the commerce clause).
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« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2017, 11:06:17 AM »
Quote from: AN63093 on August 08, 2017, 11:54:33 PM
Quote from: BuckeyeNut on July 19, 2017, 03:15:31 PM
Ranked by stance on Criminal Procedure

Marshall, T.
Fortas

Brennan
Warren
Kagan
Stevens

Ginsburg


Stewart










Scalia

Bump from a while ago, I know, but this post got me curious.

Why such the low ranking for Scalia on crim pro?  Law school was a long time ago for me, so the details are fuzzier than they used to be, but I found Scalia to be rather good on the 4th, perhaps one of the areas where I would find him to be most on point (certainly more so than his schizo approach to the commerce clause).

Scalia is actually pretty good on criminal procedure, by my admittedly liberal metrics. Still, he's pretty conservative, for my standards, compared to the others clustered toward the top.

Some feeling about his decisions in other areas, like the equal protection clause, may have also snuck in...
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« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2018, 02:50:17 PM »
Quote from: Mr. Reactionary on July 15, 2017, 09:01:45 PM
Chronological:

Roberts
Thomas
Scalia
White
Jackson
Black
Roberts
Van DeVanter
McKenna
Harlan the greater


1. Why would a self-professed reactionary like Owen Roberts, the turncoat responsible for legalizing the Second New Deal?

2. Why would anyone like Joseph McKenna?
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« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2018, 02:52:39 PM »
Quote from: Proudconnh on August 05, 2017, 02:56:04 AM
10. Pierce Butler
9. Samuel Alito
8. David Souter (New Hampshirites must stick together)
7. Thomas
6. George Sutherland
5. Warren Burger
4. Oliver Wendell Holmes
3. Rehnquist
2. Scalia
1. James McReynolds

What is your favorite part about Justice McReynolds? His anti-semitism, his misogyny, or his racism?
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« Reply #20 on: February 02, 2018, 02:15:10 PM »
In chronological order:

John Jay
John Marshall
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
John Marshall Harlan I
Charles Evans Hughes
Felix Frankfurter
Earl Warren
Thurgood Marshall
Sandra Day O'Connor
Anthony Kennedy

Honorable Mentions: John McLean, William Howard Taft, Harlan F. Stone, Byron White, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts
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