Justice Holmes

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkbp:appointed_by gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:born March 8, 1841
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children Harriet Holmes
gptkbp:contribution Judicial restraint
Common law development
First Amendment interpretation
gptkbp:died March 6, 1935
gptkbp:famous_quote “ A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought.”
“ The law is not a brooding omnipresence in the sky.”
“ The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.”
“ Freedom of speech is not absolute.”
“ Great cases like hard cases make bad law.”
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Justice Holmes
gptkbp:influenced Legal Pragmatism
Supreme Court jurisprudence
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Rudolf_von_Jhering
gptkbp:is_served_by 1902
gptkbp:known_for Free speech advocacy
Clear and present danger test
gptkbp:military_service gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Great_Dissenter
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:philosophy gptkb:legal_case
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Justice_William_R._Day
gptkbp:reviews gptkb:Schenck_v._United_States
gptkb:Gitlow_v._New_York
gptkb:Olmstead_v._United_States
gptkb:Abrams_v._United_States
gptkbp:served_as gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:1932
gptkbp:spouse Fanny Holmes
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Justice_Harlan_F._Stone
gptkbp:wrote The Common Law
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Muller_v._Oregon
gptkb:Gitlow_v._New_York
gptkb:Missouri_v._Holland
gptkb:Whitney_v._California
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5