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Was it Justice White's "dying wish" to be replaced by a baby killer?
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:18 am
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:18 am
He wrote a dissent in Roe v. Wade, and then gets replaced by RBG.
The Dems have no room to bitch about the pendulum swinging back.
The Dems have no room to bitch about the pendulum swinging back.
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Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:21 am to gizmoflak
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:23 am to gizmoflak
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Justice White
May not have agreed with him on everything, but he was not your everyday Justice
Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) was an American lawyer and professional football player who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1962 to 1993.
Born and raised in Colorado, he played college football, basketball, and baseball for the University of Colorado, finishing as the runner up for the Heisman Trophy in 1937.
He was selected in the first round of the 1938 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates and led the National Football League in rushing yards in his rookie season.
White was admitted to Yale Law School in 1939 and played for the Detroit Lions in the 1940 and 1941 seasons while still attending law school.
During World War II, he served as an intelligence officer with the United States Navy in the Pacific Theatre. After the war, he graduated from Yale and clerked for Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:25 am to Ben Richards
Damn that's a helleva life
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:26 am to Wtodd
That’s a legend !
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:27 am to Wtodd
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Damn that's a helleva life
And also his son was the starting QB and punter for the Dallas Cowboys.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:29 am to Ben Richards
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May not have agreed with him on everything, but he was not your everyday Justice
Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) was an American lawyer and professional football player who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1962 to 1993.
Born and raised in Colorado, he played college football, basketball, and baseball for the University of Colorado, finishing as the runner up for the Heisman Trophy in 1937.
He was selected in the first round of the 1938 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates and led the National Football League in rushing yards in his rookie season.
White was admitted to Yale Law School in 1939 and played for the Detroit Lions in the 1940 and 1941 seasons while still attending law school.
During World War II, he served as an intelligence officer with the United States Navy in the Pacific Theatre. After the war, he graduated from Yale and clerked for Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson.
talk about a life well lived... geez
played DI football, basketball, & baseball
played in NFL (and led the league in rushing) WHILE getting a law degree
served in the Navy
associate justice of the Supreme Court
a pic of this dude should be in an honored spot in every man cave
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:35 am to Wtodd
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Damn that's a helleva life
That was just his first 30 years or so.
I didn't always agree with him, either, but his defense of the unborn in the RvW dissent is legendary. As good as dissents get (excepting some of Scalia's best work).
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:39 am to Ben Richards
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May not have agreed with him on everything, but he was not your everyday Justice
Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) was an American lawyer and professional football player who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1962 to 1993.
Born and raised in Colorado, he played college football, basketball, and baseball for the University of Colorado, finishing as the runner up for the Heisman Trophy in 1937.
He was selected in the first round of the 1938 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates and led the National Football League in rushing yards in his rookie season.
White was admitted to Yale Law School in 1939 and played for the Detroit Lions in the 1940 and 1941 seasons while still attending law school.
During World War II, he served as an intelligence officer with the United States Navy in the Pacific Theatre. After the war, he graduated from Yale and clerked for Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson.
It's often hard to realize that there was actually a time when Washington wasn't filled almost exclusively with lifeless dilettantes.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:40 am to gizmoflak
Sadly, most millennials don’t have a damn clue who White is or his legacy.
Go to the street today and ask 50 young people who Byron White is. Then ask them who Ruth Bader Ginsburg is.
The results would be depressing.
Go to the street today and ask 50 young people who Byron White is. Then ask them who Ruth Bader Ginsburg is.
The results would be depressing.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:41 am to rt3
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May not have agreed with him on everything, but he was not your everyday Justice
and appointed by a president that had sex with Marilyn monroe and jackie kennedy
there's a reason they were called the greatest generation!
today we get....
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:42 am to LuckyTiger
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Go to the street today and ask 50 young people who Byron White is.
I'm 60 and before today I couldn't have told you very much about him,
A better (or worse) stat is almost 2/3s of the shite for brains under 40 in this country didn't know about the holocaust or thought it was a myth
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:45 am to Penrod
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And also his son was the starting QB and punter for the Dallas Cowboys.
Wow didn’t know they were related.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:47 am to gizmoflak
Although White was right of center and further on some issues, he was 100% Democrat. IIRC, he resigned from the SC when Clinton became president because he wanted a Democratic President to replace him. Unlike Souter, appointed by Bush and resigns so Obama can replace him with Sotomayor.
Another was John Paul Stevens, appointed by Ford, resigned so Obama could appoint Kagan
Another was John Paul Stevens, appointed by Ford, resigned so Obama could appoint Kagan
This post was edited on 9/23/20 at 9:52 am
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:48 am to Wally Sparks
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And also his son was the starting QB and punter for the Dallas Cowboys.
Wow didn’t know they were related.
They aren't. Oddly enough, though, Danny White's father was ANOTHER football player nick-named 'Whizzer.'
I had no clue of that. LINK
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