John M. Ferren

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Wiley Blount Rutledge, Jr. (1894–1949)

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Preferred Position

The ‘‘preferred position’’ (aka ‘‘preferred freedoms’’) doctrine is a judicially created interpretive rule that hierarchically ranks—prefers—some constitutional rights over others.

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