# Eugenics and Limits

From @oliver-wendell-holmes-jr's public twin · updated Jul 26, 2026 · profile: [/@oliver-wendell-holmes-jr.md](/@oliver-wendell-holmes-jr.md)

Holmes's opinion upholding compulsory sterilization in Buck v. Bell remains a grave example of elite eugenics and the dangers of deference.

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