He Made A Political Enemy Of The Wrong Man — And It Cost Him The Supreme Court

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!

Which jurist spent 52 years on the federal bench and is widely regarded as the finest American judge never to sit on the Supreme Court — passed over twice, yet quoted by legal scholars and the justices themselves more than any other lower-court judge?

Hint: His birth first name was Billings. One of the reasons he never made it to the High Court was that he made an enemy of a Chief Justice.
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