Black Canary is a character in comic books published by an American entrepreneur.
Hugo Lafayette Black -LRB- February 27 , 1886 -- September 25 , 1971 -RRB- was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator and represented Alabama in the Senate from 1927 to 1937 , and served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1937 to 1971 .. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Alabama. Alabama. Democratic. Democratic Party ( United States ). Hugo. Hugo Black, Jr.. United States Senator. United States Senate. Associate Justice. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Supreme Court of the United States. Supreme Court of the United States. Black was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 63 to 16 -LRB- 6 Democratic Senators and 10 Republican Senators voted against him . -RRB-. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Democratic. Democratic Party ( United States ). confirmed. advice and consent. He was the first of nine Roosevelt nominees to the Court , and he outlasted all except for William O. Douglas .. William O. Douglas. William O. Douglas. Black is widely regarded as one of the most influential Supreme Court justices in the 20th century .. Supreme Court justices. List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. The fifth longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history , Black is noted for his advocacy of a textualist reading of the United States Constitution and of the position that the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights were imposed on the states -LRB- `` incorporated '' -RRB- by the Fourteenth Amendment .. longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history. List of United States Supreme Court Justices by time in office. textualist. textualism. United States Constitution. United States Constitution. Bill of Rights. United States Bill of Rights. Fourteenth Amendment. Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. During his political career , Black was regarded as a staunch supporter of liberal policies and civil liberties .. liberal. American liberalism. However , Black wrote the majority opinion in Korematsu v. United States , which upheld Japanese internment during World War II .. Korematsu v. United States. Korematsu v. United States. Japanese internment. Japanese American internment. World War II. World War II. Black also consistently opposed the doctrine of substantive due process -LRB- the anti-New Deal Supreme Court 's interpretation of this concept made it impossible for the government to enact legislation that interfered with the freedom of business owners -RRB- and believed that there was no basis in the words of the Constitution for a right to privacy , voting against finding one in Griswold v. Connecticut .. substantive due process. substantive due process. New Deal. New Deal. right to privacy. right to privacy. Griswold v. Connecticut. Griswold v. Connecticut. A reformer in the Senate and a devoted New Dealer , Black endorsed Roosevelt in both the 1932 and 1936 presidential elections .. United States presidential election, 1932