ABSTRACT
Hugo L. Black served as an associate justice of the US Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. He supported civil liberties and political equality in numerous opinions over thirty-four years. Black's career as a lawyer and prosecutor would have an influence on his career as a Supreme Court justice. He served as associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. Black was instrumental in the civil rights revolution, supporting all of the major civil rights cases throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He applied his staunch libertarian doctrines to all aspects of the Constitution. Throughout his career, Black was never passionate about the Fourth Amendment and seldom mentioned it in his writings. He entered his final year on the Supreme Court in declining health. Black resigned on September 17, 1971, and died eight days later. He ranks as one of the most important justices of the twentieth century.
