Justice Brewer

GPTKB entity

Statements (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:birthDate 1837-06-20
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:deathDate 1910-10-28
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkbp:fullName Melville_Weston_Fuller_Brewer
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Justice Brewer
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Justice_William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Justice_Joseph_P._Bradley
gptkbp:issuedBy President_Benjamin_Harrison
gptkbp:judges Judicial restraint
gptkbp:legacy Advocacy for women's rights
Support for civil liberties
Support for free speech
Opposition to child labor
Judicial opinions on economic regulation
Contributions to labor law
Influence_on_later_Supreme_Court_justices
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Schenck_v._United_States
gptkb:Oregon_v._Mitchell
gptkb:Muller_v._Oregon
gptkb:Brewer_v._Hoxie
gptkb:Adkins_v._Children's_Hospital
In re Debs
gptkbp:notableQuote "The law must be stable, but it must not stand still."
"Justice is the end of government."
"Liberty is the right to do what we ought to do."
"The law is not a mere matter of words."
The_Constitution_is_not_a_mere_parchment.
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Maine
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Justice_William_Burnham_Woods
gptkbp:profession Lawyer
gptkbp:religion Unitarianism
gptkbp:servedIn Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_E._Brewer
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Justice_William_Howard_Taft
gptkbp:termEnd 1910-10-28
gptkbp:termStart 1890-01-06