Notable US Supreme Court Justices: Scalia, Cardozo, and Holmes
Without a doubt, US Supreme Court justices served as role models to multitudes of law students. The following discusses the academic profiles and contributions of three notable US Supreme Court justices who have left their own legacies in the world of jurisprudence.
Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia, known for his argumentative approach, attended Harvard for his law degree. At the same time that he was in public service, he was an educator too. He taught in several schools such as the University of Chicago and Stanford. At present, he is the second most senior Associate Justice in the highest court of the land. His advocacy is that the Constitution must be the basis for many rulings; it should not be treated as a tool for the benefit of certain people. This may be a conservative mindset, but it poses a challenge for law students on the way the actually see the Constitution. He penned a new book entitled “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges.” It was considered as an exceptional work by the Federalist Society members.
Benjamin Cardozo
After the death of Chief Justice Holmes, Cardozo was nominated to the highest court in 1932 by President Hoover. Benjamin Cardozo attended Columbia Law School, and his treatises are constant texts for studies. Among them are “The Growth of the Law” and “The Nature of the Judicial Process.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Holmes, Jr. penned the Common Law and attended Harvard for his undergraduate degree. He then joined the Civil War. When he returned from the war, he pursued a degree in law and he taught at Harvard just for one year. After teaching law, he was put up by President Roosevelt for nomination as the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. He won the post in 1902. Holmes was renowned for his bold reasoning skills and he solidified and defended the scope and limits of the Freedom of Speech.
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