Wiley Rutledge (1894–1949) served as an associate justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court from 1943 to 1949. The ninth and final justice appointed
by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, he is known for his impassioned
defenses of civil liberties. He practiced law in Colorado before
becoming a law school professor and dean. Rutledge supported New Deal
policies and other proposals by Roosevelt, who appointed him to the D.C.
Circuit Court of Appeals in 1939 and to the Supreme Court in 1943.
Rutledge favored broad interpretations of the First Amendment, and he
argued that the Bill of Rights applied in its totality to the states. In
other cases, Rutledge fervently supported broad due process rights in
criminal cases, and he opposed discrimination against women and racial
minorities. However, he joined the majority in two cases –
Hirabayashi v. United States (1943) and Korematsu v. United States
(1944) – that upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during
World War II.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Rutledge>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1921:
Russian Civil War: Bolshevik forces suppressed a rebellion of
sailors and civilians in Kronstadt.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronstadt_rebellion>
1965:
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov ventured outside the Soviet spacecraft
Voskhod 2, becoming the first person to walk in space.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Leonov>
1985:
The first episode of the soap opera Neighbours was broadcast on
the Seven Network, later becoming the longest-running drama in
Australian television history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbours>
1990:
Unidentified thieves stole thirteen works of art collectively
valued at $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in
Boston, Massachusetts.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum_theft>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
knock about:
1. (transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly;
hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
2. (intransitive)
3. To move or roam around aimlessly.
4. (by extension) To live an unconventional life.
5. To be present at or inhabit a certain place.
6. (by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang
around in.
7. (by extension) Often followed by with: to spend time companionably;
to hang around.
8. (by extension, usually in present participial form) To be mislaid in
a place.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knock_about>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Today, 17th of March 2023, the International Criminal Court has
issued two warrants of arrest in the Ukraine situation for Vladimir
Putin, President of the Russian Federation and for Maria Lvova-Belova,
Commissioner of the Russian President's [office] for children’s
rights, for the alleged war crimes of deportation of children from
Ukrainian occupied territories into the Russian Federation. It is
forbidden by international law for occupying powers to transfer
civilians from the territory they live in to other territories. Children
enjoy special protection under the Geneva Convention. The contents of
the warrants are secret in order to protect victims. The ICC attaches
great importance to the protection of victims especially children.
Nevertheless, the judges of the chamber dealing with this case decided
to make the existence of the warrants public in the interest of justice
and to prevent the commission of future crimes. This is an important
moment in the process of justice before the ICC, the judges have
reviewed the information and evidence submitted by the prosecutor, and
determined that there are credible allegations against these persons for
the alleged crimes.
--International Criminal Court
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court>
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