swap_horiz Henry J. Friendly Alternatives

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Benjamin N. Cardozo

Benjamin N. Cardozo served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1932 to 1938 after appointment by Pres...

20TH Century Federal Common Law Associate Justice

9.42 Excellent

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Louis D. Brandeis

Louis D. Brandeis joined the U.S. Supreme Court in 1916 and served as an associate justice until his retirement in 1939....

Progressive 20TH Century Federal Associate Justice

9.35 Excellent

3

William J. Brennan Jr.

Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, William J. Brennan Jr. served as an associate justice of the U.S. S...

20TH Century Liberal Federal Associate Justice

9.31 Excellent

4

Roger Traynor

Roger Traynor (1900-1983) served as Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court from 1964 to 1970. His judicial work h...

20TH Century Chief Justice California Supreme Court Us State

9.22 Excellent

5

Frank M. Johnson Jr.

Frank M. Johnson Jr. made his defining contributions to civil rights as a federal district judge in Alabama, where he se...

20TH Century Civil Rights Circuit Judge Us Federal

9.18 Excellent

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H.R. Khanna

H.R. Khanna served on the Supreme Court of India from 1971 to 1977. He is chiefly remembered for his dissent in the 1976...

India 20TH Century Justice India Supreme Court

9.12 Excellent

7

Richard A. Posner

Richard A. Posner is an American jurist and legal scholar who served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals fo...

Law And Economics 20TH 21ST Century Circuit Judge Us Federal

8.96 Great

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Anthony Mason

Anthony Mason served as Chief Justice of Australia from 1987 to 1995, presiding over a court that produced landmark ruli...

Australia 20TH Century Chief Justice High Court Australia

8.82 Great

9

William Wayne Justice

William Wayne Justice was a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, appointed by President Lyndo...

20TH Century Civil Rights Us Federal District Judge

8.34 Great

10

John J. Sirica

John J. Sirica was a United States District Judge for the District of Columbia who presided over the historic trials res...

20TH Century Watergate Us Federal District Judge

8.28 Great

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Frank H. Easterbrook

Frank H. Easterbrook has served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since 1985, inc...

Contemporary Circuit Judge Us Federal 7TH Circuit

8.25 Great

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Diane P. Wood

Diane Pamela Wood is a United States Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, a position she...

Contemporary Liberal Circuit Judge Us Federal

8.12 Great

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Jon O. Newman

Jon O. Newman is a United States Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, assuming senior stat...

Contemporary Circuit Judge Us Federal 2ND Circuit

8.08 Great

14

J. Michael Luttig

J. Michael Luttig is a United States federal judge who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1...

Conservative 20TH 21ST Century Circuit Judge Us Federal

7.72 Good

15

Florence Ellinwood Allen

Florence Ellinwood Allen was a pioneering American jurist and a significant figure in the advancement of women in the le...

20TH Century Circuit Judge Us Federal 6TH Circuit

7.54 Good

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Merrick B. Garland

Merrick B. Garland is an American lawyer and federal judge who served as chief judge of the United States Court of Appea...

Centrist DC Circuit 20TH 21ST Century Circuit Judge

7.46 Good

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Robert H. Bork

Robert Heron Bork was an American legal scholar and jurist who served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals f...

20TH Century Originalist DC Circuit Circuit Judge

7.18 Good

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Phyllis A. Kravitch

Phyllis A. Kravitch was a United States Circuit Judge who made history as the first woman appointed to the U.S. Court of...

20TH Century Pioneering Woman Circuit Judge Us Federal

7.10 Good

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Irving R. Kaufman

Irving R. Kaufman was a United States federal judge who presided over the espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg....

20TH Century Circuit Judge Us Federal 2ND Circuit

5.95 Mediocre

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Alex Kozinski

Alex Kozinski was a Romanian-born American lawyer and federal judge who served on the United States Court of Appeals for...

Controversial 20TH 21ST Century Circuit Judge Us Federal

5.42 Mediocre