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He had been a classmate at [[Amherst College]] of future President [[Calvin Coolidge]], and was Coolidge's only appointment to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].  Rather than serving as a [[conservative]] jurist one might expect from President Coolidge, Justice Stone became a loyal supporter of President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]].  He was rewarded when President Roosevelt elevated him to be [[Chief Justice]] when that vacancy occurred.

He had been a classmate at [[Amherst College]] of future President [[Calvin Coolidge]], and was Coolidge's only appointment to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].  Rather than serving as a [[conservative]] jurist one might expect from President Coolidge, Justice Stone became a loyal supporter of President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]].  He was rewarded when President Roosevelt elevated him to be [[Chief Justice]] when that vacancy occurred.

Justice Stone's most influential opinion for the Court was ''[[United States v. Carolene Products Co.]]'', 304 U.S. 144 (1938), in which he penned a "footnote 4" that became increasingly popular to justify judicial activism with respect to social issues.

Justice Stone's most influential opinion for the Court was ''[[United States v. Carolene Products Co.]]'', 304 U.S. 144 (1938), in which he penned a "footnote 4" that became increasingly popular to justify judicial activism with respect to social issues. Stone referred to the [[Nurmeberg Tribunal]] as a " “high grade lynching party”.<ref>https://historycollection.com/10-lesser-known-facts-about-the-nuremberg-trials/3/</ref>

 

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