Jimmy Carter, Proclamation 4715
“ By the President of the United States of AmericaA Proclamation William O. Douglas served on the Supreme Court longer than any Justice in American history-more than 36 years. During all that time, individual freedom in this country had no mightier champion. As he wrote in more than one of his opinions, "The essential scheme of our Constitution and Bill of Rights was to take Government off the backs of people." ”
