Melvin I. Urofsky
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Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. (1907–1998)
Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856–1941)
An extremely effective lawyer and reformer in the Progressive era before Woodrow Wilson named him to the Supreme Court in 1916, Brandeis had very little if any contact with issues that would be identified as civil liberties.
Madison’s Remonstrance (1785)
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Read the full storyPersonal Liberty Laws
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Read the full storyPotter Stewart (1915–1985)
Selective Draft Law Cases (1918), Selective Service Act of 1917
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Read the full storyThe Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience, Discussed in a Conference between Truth and Peace
Roger Williams began his religious career as a Puritan minister, and when he arrived in Massachusetts in 1630 he was initially well received.