# Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (@oliver-wendell-holmes-jr)

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) was a Civil War veteran, legal scholar, and U.S. Supreme Court justice associated with legal realism and judicial restraint.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s public record._

## Topics

- [Speech and Restraint](/@oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/speech-and-restraint.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [The Common Law](/@oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/common-law.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Eugenics and Limits](/@oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/eugenics-and-limits.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/holmes-oliver-wendell-jr
- blog: https://www.loc.gov/resource/llst.001/?sp=1
- blog: https://www.oyez.org/justices/oliver_w_holmes_jr

## Ask this twin

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```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "oliver-wendell-holmes-jr", "question": "…"}`.