I have to write a paper on my “favorite” Supreme Court judge, which I obviously don’t have. So, does anyone know a good judge I could write about? Edit: A couple of people suggested Thurgood Marshall, who looks like a good option. The idea of picking a terrible judge to write about sounds like fun, but I’m not sure how effective arguing that the Supreme Court is bad because of one bad judge would be. I prefer to write about stuff I like over stuff I hate anyways. Thanks comrades!

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If it’s current, Sotomayor is your only option.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/04/sonia-sotomayor-supreme-court-injustice-body-cavity-dissent.html (CW: police violence) https://www.alternet.org/2016/06/justice-sotomayor-slams-us-police-state-scathing-dissent/

If dead justices count, yeah, Thurgood Marshall. Another option is John Marshall Harlan (not to be confused with his grandson of the same name, also a Supreme Court justice who was named after another Supreme Court justice), who was the only dissenter in Plessy v. Ferguson.

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