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judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice.  

judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice.  

==Chief Justice==

==Chief Justice==

With the retirement of Chief Justice Taft in 1930, Hughes was appointed Chief Justice by President [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1930; he retired in 1941.

With the retirement of [[William Howard Taft|Chief Justice Taft]] in 1930, Hughes was appointed Chief Justice by President [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1930; he retired in 1941.

Hughes's jurisprudence during both court tenures reveals that the resolution of the constitutional crisis of 1937 represented an important break not only from laissez-faire constitutionalism but also from Progressive-era liberalism. There was a parallel but more rapid ideological transition in Britain, where pre-World War I New Liberalism was eclipsed by rise of the Labour Party and its program of national economic planning and social welfare. The author also offers a perspective on the recent rich constitutional scholarship on the 1930's and on Hughes's career. Raised as a good-government mugwump, the advocate in his mature years of a "regulatory" American version of British New Liberalism, Hughes ended his public life reluctantly supporting the "statist, social welfare" liberalism of the New Deal, a system that for many leading Progressives represented the antithesis of the liberal ideal.<ref> Henretta (2006) </ref>

Hughes's jurisprudence during both court tenures reveals that the resolution of the constitutional crisis of 1937 represented an important break not only from laissez-faire constitutionalism but also from Progressive-era liberalism. There was a parallel but more rapid ideological transition in Britain, where pre-World War I New Liberalism was eclipsed by rise of the Labour Party and its program of national economic planning and social welfare. The author also offers a perspective on the recent rich constitutional scholarship on the 1930's and on Hughes's career. Raised as a good-government mugwump, the advocate in his mature years of a "regulatory" American version of British New Liberalism, Hughes ended his public life reluctantly supporting the "statist, social welfare" liberalism of the New Deal, a system that for many leading Progressives represented the antithesis of the liberal ideal.<ref> Henretta (2006) </ref>

While Hughes supported some of the New Deal, he strongly opposed to the creation of government agencies which appeared to be usurping the functions of the courts.  

While Hughes supported some of the New Deal, he strongly opposed to the creation of government agencies which appeared to be usurping the functions of the courts.  

Hughes ranks as one of the greatest conservative jurists of his time, and his written decisions in many cases have become legal classics.  

Hughes ranks as one of the greatest conservative jurists of his time, and his written decisions in many cases have become legal classics.

 

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Progressive movement]]

*[[Progressive movement]]