Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the state is in grave danger.

Mayor of Detroit (1930–33) the last Governor-General of the Philippines (1933–35) U. High Commissioner of the Philippines (1935–36) the 35th Governor of Michigan (1937–39) United States Attorney General (1939–40) and United States Supreme Court Associate Justice (1940–49). District Attorney Eastern Michigan District (1920–23) Recorder's Court Judge Detroit (1923–30).