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While these are just are my opinion, many historians probably agree with my top 5 especially.

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Top 10 Supreme Court Justices in American History

A special thank you to Ground News for supporting this channel! Download the Ground News app for free ▶️ http://check.ground.news/MrBeat to break free from your echo chamber and see the full story. Mr. Beat counts down his top ten favorite Supreme Court justices in American history. Who is YOUR favorite? My Supreme Court Justice Scorecard: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HwyLt1jWkurnzXNmQaFJAhRjAlb40MI5lzSSIGU1Rqc/edit?usp=sharing Produced by Matt Beat. All images found in the public domain, used under fair use guidelines, or owned by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Sources/additional reading: https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/institution.aspx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_justices_by_time_in_office Since 1869, there have been nine justices in the Supreme Court at a time. These justices never have to worry about being elected. They can serve for life if they want to. If there’s a vacancy, the President appoints a new justice, but the Senate has to approve of their appointment. Oh, by the way, there is nothing in the Constitution about qualifications for justices. Heck, technically you could be in the Supreme Court and never passed the bar or went to law school. There’s not even an age or citizenship requirement. Since 1790, there have been 115 justices in the Supreme Court. Here are my top 10. But first, what are MY standards? Standard number one...did I agree with how they decided in cases? If I agreed with how the justice decided in the case, I gave them a point. Granted, these are cases I knew a lot about. Obviously I couldn’t look at every Supreme Court case in history. My second standard was leadership ability. Did this justice have integrity? Was this justice principled? Did they ignore partisanship and politics? Did they have a consistent interpretation of the U.S. Constitution? If the answer was yes to all these questions, they got some more points. My third standard was impact. If a justice had tremendous impact in the direction of not only the Court but of the entire government and even country, they also got points. My top 10: 10. Joseph Story Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1361/joseph-story 9. Antonin Scalia Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1356/antonin-scalia 8. Potter Stewart Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1359/potter-stewart 7. Byron White Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1371/byron-white 6. John Marshall Harlan Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1335/john-marshall-harlan-i 5. Thurgood Marshall Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1345/thurgood-marshall 4. Earl Warren Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1370/earl-warren 3. William O Douglas Find out more: https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1328/william-douglas 2. William Brennan Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1321/william-brennan-jr 1. John Marshall Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1344/john-marshall #supremecourt #scotus #apgov

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Jack L

Awesome list! My favorite is probably Robert Jackson, FDR appointee and the last justice not to have a law degree. I think a list of the worst 10 would be cool. “If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein." -Justice Robert Jackson, West Virginia v. Barnette

Robert F.

How about Pets of Supreme Court Justices? Ha!

Devin Canada

ok 4 minutes in im betting John Marshell gets number one, and howerd Taft dosnt make the list. lets see if i get both right.

Devin Canada

ohhh John Story Wrote a book is it avalible i wonder. got to remember title "Commentaries on the constitution fo the United States."

Devin Canada

Based on what you have described William Dougless i dont think he would be considered Radical Left by conservatives. the Radical left wishes to censor free speech not expand it. William Dougless sounds like a Ben Shapiro or Steven Crowder to me based on your description of his first amendment beliefs (and that being the only thing i know of him so far.)

Devin Canada

BAsed on what i read on his wikapedia page id say my statement stands i dont think he would be considered Radical left. pro free speech puts him as a liberal at worse (Think Tulsi Gabbert) but no one could accuse him of being radical Left by todays standards.

Naterade

I love these Supreme Court episodes! I hadn’t heard of a lot of these justices and it was fun to learn about them.

Matt Beat

That is a solid point. Lately it has been conservatives going on and on about freedom of speech.

Derrick

I think a worst Supreme Court justice list would be a little weird, but a most partisan list would be pretty interesting.