Roosevelt appointed Rutledge to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1939, and Rutledge quickly demonstrated strong liberal tendencies, particularly in his interpretation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Roosevelt appointed Rutledge to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1939. Rutledge quickly demonstrated strong liberal tendencies. This was particularly in his interpretation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.