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[[Image:Williamodouglas.jpg|right|thumb|Justice Douglas]]
William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) was the longest serving Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in history, remaining on the bench for 36 years. Appointed by President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], Douglas had been a law professor at Yale and Columbia University. Douglas is considered to have been one of the smartest Supreme Court Justices in history, but also an example of how a Justice can become increasingly liberal the longer he remains on the Supreme Court.
William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) was the longest serving Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in history, remaining on the bench for 36 years. Appointed by President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], Douglas had been a law professor at Yale and Columbia University. Douglas is considered to have been one of the smartest Supreme Court Justices in history, but also an example of how a Justice can become increasingly liberal the longer he remains on the Supreme Court.