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9 Mar 2012, 10:42 am
Downtown Eugene is about to get 1,200 U.C. [read post]
7 Dec 2016, 3:30 am by Kris Miccio
The case of Buck v Bell stains not only the early history of Progressives, adherents to eugenics, but the legacy of Oliver Wendell Holmes who opined, “Three generations of imbeciles are enough,” as he upheld the forced sterilization of women. [read post]
28 Apr 2016, 9:53 pm by Patent Docs
Bell, where Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that "[t]hree generations of imbeciles are enough" to justify the forced sterilization of a woman the State of Virginia had labeled "feebleminded. [read post]
Oliver Wendall Holmes expressed the progressive-era’s impatience when he declared: “Three generations of imbeciles are enough. [read post]
11 Oct 2010, 6:42 am by Dan Ernst
Oliver Wendell Holmes told English jurist Frederick Pollock that he [read post]
13 Jan 2020, 2:58 am by Walter Olson
Browning, D Magazine] Howard Wasserman on John Oliver on SLAPP suits [Prawfsblawg] In the U.S., sovereign governments can’t sue for libel. [read post]
25 Jul 2020, 11:04 am by Tom Smith
The American Museum of Natural History hosted an international eugenics meeting. [read post]
20 Jan 2012, 4:14 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) The sometimes critical reaction to the criminal division chief of the Arizona U.S. [read post]
31 Aug 2017, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
“You Can’t Sue People for Being Mean to You, Bob” – ACLU brief in Robert Murray-John Oliver case. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 12:08 pm
Ferguson) Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr. declared that "three generations of imbeciles is enough," upholding the constitutionality of the sterilization of Carrie Buck, a Virginia woman who had been institutionalized as "feeble minded," in Buck v. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 12:08 pm
Ferguson) Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr. declared that "three generations of imbeciles is enough," upholding the constitutionality of the sterilization of Carrie Buck, a Virginia woman who had been institutionalized as "feeble minded," in Buck v. [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 6:13 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) An interesting quote, which I ran across yesterday and thought I’d pass along (not apropos any particular current event):[T]he right of the people to resist their rulers, when invading their liberties, forms the corner stone of American Republics. [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 1:43 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) “A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used. [read post]
14 Aug 2008, 9:31 pm
TITLE: Three Generations, No Imbeciles SUBTITLE: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. [read post]
4 Oct 2016, 7:49 am by Sandy Levinson
Oliver Wendell Holmes has become one of the key villains in the contemporary conservative critique of "Progressives" circa the beginning of the 20th century. [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 9:12 pm by Walter Olson
Chicago city government joins Boston in threatening to use regulation to punish Chick-fil-A for its political views [Josh Barro, Eugene Volokh, earlier, Tim Carney] NYC hearing on Bloomberg soda ban “a pre-scripted event with a foregone conclusion” [ACSH] despite inclusion of Baylen Linnekin on witness list [Reason, Jacob Sullum] If calories are the point: “Hey, Mayor Mike, why not ban beer? [read post]