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M. Margaret McKeown

Citizen Justice: The Environmental Legacy of William O. Douglas—Public Advocate and Conservation Champion

M. Margaret McKeown

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Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas leading Washington Post editors on a hike along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, as part of his campaign to prevent the construction of a highway along its route, Maryland, 1954.

The Frontier Justice

William O. Douglas was a strong advocate of conservation, but as a Supreme Court justice his involvement in such issues was often ethically questionable.

by Jed S. Rakoff via New York Review of Books on May 4, 2023

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