Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Melville Fuller

Melville Fuller

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 11, 2022 by Gog the Mild (talk) 20:32, 15 January 2022 (UTC)



Melville Fuller (1833–1910) was the eighth chief justice of the United States. Born in Augusta, Maine, he graduated from Bowdoin College and practiced law in Chicago; in 1888, President Grover Cleveland appointed him to the Supreme Court. Fuller gained a reputation for collegiality and competent administrative skills. His jurisprudence was staunchly conservative: he favored free enterprise and opposed broad federal power. Fuller wrote the majority opinion in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., which held that the federal income tax was unconstitutional. He joined the majority opinions in Plessy v. Ferguson, which upheld state-mandated racial segregation, and in Lochner v. New York, which struck down economic regulations on the grounds that they violated the freedom of contract. Many of his decisions were later overruled, and the majority of scholars have been critical of the Fuller Court's jurisprudence. He served as chief justice until his death in 1910.
 * Most recent similar article(s): The most recent law biography was Raymond Pace Alexander on September 15, 2021. The most recent justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was William Howard Taft on November 9, 2016.
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 * Promoted: October 17, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: February 11 is the anniversary of Fuller's birth. This is my first FA and a level-5 vital article. Any help wordsmithing the blurb would be much appreciated.
 * Support as nominator. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:48, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Support — I see no issues! The article is a recent promotion, and the blurb looks fine. Great work! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 18:29, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Support  Ergo Sum  02:33, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Support Aoba47 (talk) 21:55, 2 January 2022 (UTC)