West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · ¶85

What may be even more significant than this uniform recognition of state authority is the fact that every Justice — thirteen in all — who has hitherto participated in judging this matter has at one or more times found no constitutional infirmity in what is now condemned. Only the two Justices sitting for the first time on this matter have not heretofore found this legislation inoffensive to the “liberty” guaranteed by the Constitution. And among the Justices who sustained this measure were outstanding judicial leaders in the zealous enforcement of constitutional safeguards of civil liberties — men like Chief Justice Hughes, Mr. Justice Brandéis, and Mr. Justice Cardozo, to mention only those no longer on the Court.

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U. S. Reports, volume 319, at 624 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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