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The Real Justice Holmes
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Item Title The Real Justice Holmes
Guest Berns, Walter (1919-2015)
Guest Lerner, Max (1902-)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Moderator Kinsley, Michael E.
Date CreatedNovember 07, 1988
Description

A rich discussion of an historical topic with strong current implications. WB: "I don't deny that he [Justice Holmes] was a very powerful figure in the field of the common law, and his fame is deserved there, but the Constitution of the United States is not a common-law document... He gave rise to a school of thought that effectively undermines the Constitution." ... WFB: "It' s also Oliver Wendell Holmes who says: 'If my fellow citizens want to go to hell, I will help them; it's my job.' Do you consider it his job as a Supreme Court Justice to help the American people go to hell?" ... ML: "I go along with the fact that there are natural rights, but who decides what they are? The Warren Court liberals, Justice Brennan now, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Justice Harry Blackmun have a very different notion of natural rights--don't they, Walter?--from your notion of natural rights?"

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Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 30 minutes
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Hoover IDProgram S0804
Record Number80040.1047
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