Who disagreed with President Roosevelt's plan to pack the US Supreme Court?

Virginia, which made interracial marriage legal, were among the landmark decisions handed down by the Warren court. Chief Justice John Marshall is an important legal figure because he would write many of the decisions that would lay the foundation of the legal framework of a young nation. He was greatly aided by the intellectual prowess of figures such as Justice Story in this endeavor.

Nevertheless, it was Chief Justice Marshall who penned opinions in such cases as Marbury v. Madison, which set the standard of primacy concerning the Court's decisions. Chief Justice Hughes was known more as a savvy political operator than his legalistic acumen.

He served two terms on the court, resigning the first time to run (unsuccessfully) for President. He notably contested several aspects of President Franklin Roosevelt's socially important New Deal legislation. This sparked a showdown of sorts between the executive and judicial branches of government during the depression years.

The Chief Justice was able to avert overt disaster by successfully negotiating with fellow justices and the White House. Justice Brennan is another Eisenhower appointee that went against the conservative grain. Instead, Justice Brennan is considered one of the most liberal justices to have ever served on the Court.

Justice Brennan is credited with expanding constitutional theory during his tenure. He took the lead on opinions rendered in cases such as New your Times v. Sullivan, which set the Court's standard for defamation and Malloy v.

Hogan which established a person's 5th amendment rights in state courts. A champion of social freedom and justice, Justice Brandeis was considered a dangerous presence on the court because of willingness to go against established thinking of the time. It's noted that many of his dissenting opinions would later become the basis of the Court's majority rulings when those issue were revisited years later.

He was often in the minority for the Court's rulings, but his intelligent and eloquently worded dissents are still among the most quoted from a Supreme Court Justice. Justice Holmes was considered a legal theorist with few peers prior to his appointment to the High Court. This assessment did not change during his subsequent 30-year tenure on the Supreme Court.

His hand is seen in just about every decision the Court handed down during this time period. He had no qualms about charting his own course in decisions, which earned him the nickname, the "Great Dissenter." He is particularly known for his opinion in Schenck v.