Thread: Quote of The Day: Justice Holmes
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Old 03-27-2007, 10:35 PM
EarlLee EarlLee is offline
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In Buck v. Bell, Holmes wrote the majority opinion that upheld the validity of forced sterilization of mentally retarded women. His justification was that. . . "Three generations of imbeciles is enough."
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