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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935) Jurist. Known as the Great Dissenter, the younger Holmes was a Supreme Court justice appointed by Theodore ROOSEVELT. In his most famous ruling (1919), he upheld the conviction of a socialist war protester by insisting that ...

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