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As a jurist, he was a strong advocate of [[civil rights]] and distrustful of government power. This view led to perhaps his best known opinion - a dissent in the case [[Korematsu v. United States]], which controversially held as [[Constitutional|constitutional]] the internment of Japanese-Americans during [[World War II]]. Murphy referred to the ruling as the "legalization of racism", saying, "Racial discrimination in any form and in any degree has no justifiable part whatever in our democratic way of life ... All residents of this nation are kin in some way by blood or culture to a foreign land. Yet they are primarily and necessarily a part of the new and distinct civilization of the United States. They must accordingly be treated at all times as the heirs of the American experiment and as entitled to all the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/US/323/323.US.214.22.html|format=HTML|title=TOYOSABURO KOREMATSU v. UNITED STATES.|work=public.resource.org|accessdate=02-23-2011|language=English|last=Murphy|first=Frank|date=12-18-1944}}</ref> Murphy also used the phrase "the ugly abyss of racism" - the first time the word "[[racism]]" was used in a Supreme Court opinion.<ref name="bak"/>

As a jurist, he was a strong advocate of [[civil rights]] and distrustful of government power. This view led to perhaps his best known opinion - a dissent in the case [[Korematsu v. United States]], which controversially held as [[Constitutional|constitutional]] the internment of Japanese-Americans during [[World War II]]. Murphy referred to the ruling as the "legalization of racism", saying, "Racial discrimination in any form and in any degree has no justifiable part whatever in our democratic way of life ... All residents of this nation are kin in some way by blood or culture to a foreign land. Yet they are primarily and necessarily a part of the new and distinct civilization of the United States. They must accordingly be treated at all times as the heirs of the American experiment and as entitled to all the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/US/323/323.US.214.22.html|format=HTML|title=TOYOSABURO KOREMATSU v. UNITED STATES.|work=public.resource.org|accessdate=02-23-2011|language=English|last=Murphy|first=Frank|date=12-18-1944}}</ref> Murphy also used the phrase "the ugly abyss of racism" - the first time the word "[[racism]]" was used in a Supreme Court opinion.<ref name="bak"/>

Murphy also consistently voted in upholding [[First Amendment]] claims. He voted with the majority to end compulsory flag saluting in schools in ''West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette'' and he wrote the majority opinion protecting [[labor union]] picketing in ''Thornhill v. Alabama''.<ref name="jrank"/>

Murphy consistently voted in upholding [[First Amendment]] claims. He voted with the majority to end compulsory flag saluting in schools in ''West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette'' and he wrote the majority opinion protecting [[labor union]] picketing in ''Thornhill v. Alabama''.<ref name="jrank"/>

In 1949 Murphy dissented in ''Wolf v. Colorado'' - where the majority ruled that the [[Fourth Amendment]] was not applicable to the states - in that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment can be used in state trials. Murphy wrote that the opinion allowed  "lawlessness by officers of the law".<ref name="jrank"/> In 1961, the Court would adopt Murphy's view and overturn ''Wolf'' in ''[[Mapp v. Ohio]]'', establishing the [[exclusionary rule]] for states.<ref name="jrank"/>

In 1949 Murphy dissented in ''Wolf v. Colorado'' - where the majority ruled that the [[Fourth Amendment]] was not applicable to the states - in that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment can be used in state trials. Murphy wrote that the opinion allowed  "lawlessness by officers of the law".<ref name="jrank"/> In 1961, the Court would adopt Murphy's view and overturn ''Wolf'' in ''[[Mapp v. Ohio]]'', establishing the [[exclusionary rule]] for states.<ref name="jrank"/>