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US Supreme Court Associate Justice Oliver Douglas had been described as an ardent libertarian, yet was also a keen supporter of the New Deal. Are these necessarily contradictory? If they are, how did Justice Douglas's philosophy come to change?

by /u/AH_LA_questioner in /r/AskHistorians

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