As Attorney General, Solicitor General, and Assistant Attorney General,...he lost but a single case in the Supreme Court. Against [that] may be tallied some twenty-seven arguments which he won. (Robert H. Jackson)

As Attorney General, Solicitor General, and Assistant Attorney General,...he lost but a single case in the Supreme Court. Against [that] may be tallied some twenty-seven arguments which he won.

Robert H. Jackson

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