Talk:Learned Hand

Albany's Main Residential Street?

What is Albany's main residential street? Doesn't this change with the times? The link takes you to a Wikipedia page about Albany streets, without clarifying which street Hand lived on. Anyone know where his family lived in Albany? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.183.17.211 (talk) 16:55, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

How do we know that Learned Hand voted for FDR in 1936 as it says on the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Happy Wisdom (talk • contribs) 19:50, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Check the source cited in that section. postdlf (talk) 20:27, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I did, it is not online. It is a book. Happy Wisdom (talk) 23:10, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Looks like you have a library trip in your future. postdlf (talk) 23:46, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I guess so. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Happy Wisdom (talk • contribs) 00:59, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Why always "Learned Hand"

Why does the article keep calling him "Learned Hand"? Why not just "Hand" like normal? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EEng (talk • contribs) 03:20, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

"/Judge/ Learned Hand" has the ring of an Indian name. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.251.165.105 (talk) 01:26, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Admiration offered for a model of prose and pedagogy

Having worked for many years in explanatory journalism, I feel impelled to compliment the author of this article on Learned Hand. I had never before familiarized myself with his life, and today just stumbled upon this entry during peregrinations between Justices Brandeis, Cardozo and Frankfurter, and the Supreme Court’s impact on America’s interbellum years.

Anyway, your writing is lovely, the personal to professional dynamics of Hand’s life well-proportioned, and your navigation of the tensions between his estimable political convictions and his unpersuasive judicial caution is, well, utterly judicious. Most importantly, of course, your command over the facts of Hand’s life are level, plumb, precise and discursive.

The anonymity imposed by Wikipedia on writers and editors has always baffled me, but whoever you are, thank you for an engaging read and congratulations for an encyclopedically perfect entry.

2601:646:200:CBE0:75D5:1014:54B3:7BA4 (talk) 09:00, 25 January 2020 (UTC)Denny Smith globeandorbit@gmail.com

NPOV seconded.

concurred that this article need to be rewritten to comply w wikipedia's NPOV policy. in some ways, this article need to be flagged for a biased perspective.

for example, this sentence " Scholars have recognized the Second Circuit under Hand as one of the finest appeals courts in American history. Friends and admirers often lobbied for Hand's promotion to the Supreme Court, but circumstances and his political past conspired against his appointment" could be rewritten to say something like "Some scholars [cite WHO here] have said the Second Circuit was a [descriptive based on what said scholars wrote; not something like finest here. I would probably quote a scholar but idk]. During his lifetime, there was lobbying to appoint him to the Supreme Court but that didn't happen for [give reasons]."

i don't have the time to rewrite this article & do the research necessary but this article, imo, needs a massive revamp & many more sources. Just about nothing (talk) 17:51, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Who are you concurring with? GuardianH (talk) 19:26, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Frances Hand's death date

The sentence in this article reading "Learned Hand was buried next to his wife..." should be changed to "is buried" to reflect the fact that Frances Hand died 2 years after Learned Hand according to Gerald Gunther's biography cited in the References. 97.113.21.127 (talk) 18:11, 2 August 2025 (UTC)