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John Harlan II (1899–1971) was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1955 to 1971, and the grandson of another Supreme Court Justice, John Harlan, who served from 1877 to 1911.
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- "The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare nor should this court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven of reform movements."
Justice Harlan's tenure on the Court was almost identical to that of his opposite, Chief Justice Earl Warren, shifted by about two years. Justice Harlan died a few months after he retired.