[Volokh] David Bernstein: Mencken on Holmes:

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Posted by David Bernstein:
Mencken on Holmes:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_08_16-2009_08_22.shtml#1250696237


   My colleague David Schleicher referred to this amazing takedown of
   Holmes, and the bizarre affection "liberals" had for him, [1]by H.L.
   Mencken. A taste: "If what he said in some of those opinions were
   accepted literally, there would be scarcely any brake at all upon
   lawmaking, and the Bill of Rights would have no more significance than
   the Code of Manu."

References

   1. http://www.io.com/gibbonsb/mencken/holmes.html