对道德相对主义的支持,也使得霍姆斯反对“实体性正当程序(substantive due process)”判解原则,不认为美国宪法对政治过程强加了实体性限制。 尽管他对做出了一个著名的例外,即令他“作呕”的政府行为。该“致呕”检测法成为了后来费利克斯·弗兰克福特“良心震撼”论的依据,并在当前在一些实体性正当程序案例中成为主导原则。霍姆斯的司法哲学在美国法律现实主义中起到了很大作用,该学派强调现实世界对判决的影响,而不强调法律形式主义和理论。
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