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James Clark McReynolds (February 3, 1862 – August 24, 1946) was an American lawyer and judge from Tennessee who served as United States Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
James McReynolds was a U.S. Supreme Court justice (1914–41) who was a leading force in striking down the early New Deal program of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. McReynolds was admitted to the bar in 1884 and practiced law in Nashville, Tenn.
James Clark McReynolds, 1914-1941. JAMES CLARK McREYNOLDS was born in Elkton, Kentucky, on February 3, 1862. He was graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1882, and from the University of Virginia Law School in 1884. McReynolds settled in Nashville, Tennessee, and established a law practice.
18 de may. de 2018 · James Clark McReynolds served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1914 to 1941. McReynolds was a very conservative justice who gained prominence for his opposition to the new deal legislation of the 1930s and for his unprecedented number of opinions declaring acts of Congress unconstitutional.
Justice James Clark McReynolds joined the U.S. Supreme Court on October 12, 1914, replacing Justice Horace Harmon Lurton. McReynolds was born on February 3, 1862 in southwestern Kentucky. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1882 as valedictorian.
24 de oct. de 2022 · McReynolds was appointed Attorney General of the United States by President Wilson on March 5, 1913, and remained until August 29, 1914, when named Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He served on the Supreme Court from 1914 to 1941. He died August 24, 1946 in Washington D.C.
Drawing on the arguments mounted for and against the removal of statues, this article explores the decision of a small liberal arts college to strip the name of former Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds from a campus building.
