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He was born on February 3, 1862, in [[Kentucky]]. He graduated from [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville]], then he studied [[law]] at the University of [[Virginia]].  After graduating in 1884, he went on to work for [[Howell Jackson]], a Tennessee senator. Later he moved to [[Washington D.C.]] where he worked for the [[Attorney General]]. He practiced law in New York, and in 1913, he was named Attorney General by [[Woodrow Wilson]].  

He was born on February 3, 1862, in [[Kentucky]]. He graduated from [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville]], then he studied [[law]] at the University of [[Virginia]].  After graduating in 1884, he went on to work for [[Howell Jackson]], a Tennessee senator. Later he moved to [[Washington D.C.]] where he worked for the [[Attorney General]]. He practiced law in New York, and in 1913, he was named Attorney General by [[Woodrow Wilson]].  

"A possibly apocryphal story is that Wilson did not think much of McReynolds's work at the Department of Justice, but instead of firing him, decided to rid himself of McReynolds by nominating him to the Supreme Court in 1914. If true, Wilson's decision had terrifically adverse consequences for the United States. McReynolds was a racist and anti-Semite."{{fact}}

According to President & Chief Justice William Howard Taft, Wilson was disappointed in the attitude of (McReynolds) upon such questions (because) "Mr. Wilson is in favor of a latitudinarian construction of the Constitution of the United States to weaken the protection it should afford against socialistic raids upon property rights, with the direct and inevitable result of paralyzing the initiative  and enterprise of capital necessary to the real progress of all."

 

McReynolds was a racist and anti-Semite."{{fact}}

He was one of the "[[Four Horsemen]]" who was willing to declare as unconstitutional the [[liberal]] programs of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]]. He was adamant about the policy of ''[[laissez faire]]''; he believed the [[Constitution]] supported it.

He was one of the "[[Four Horsemen]]" who was willing to declare as unconstitutional the [[liberal]] programs of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]]. He was adamant about the policy of ''[[laissez faire]]''; he believed the [[Constitution]] supported it.

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