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Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an Austrian-born American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 until 1962, during which he was an advocate of judicial restraint.
Felix Frankfurter was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1939–62), a noted scholar and teacher of law, who was in his time the high court’s leading exponent of the doctrine of judicial self-restraint. He held that judges should adhere closely to precedent, disregarding their.
Aug 12, 2022 · Board of Education, Justice Felix Frankfurter received word while vacationing in Massachusetts that Chief Justice Fred Vinson had died suddenly of a heart attack. Returning to Washington so...
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Felix Frankfurter was the most controversial justice of his time. Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria, on November 15, 1882. For three centuries, members of his family had become rabbis.
Feb 10, 2023 · Georgetown Law Professor Brad Snyder’s new biography of Frankfurter, Democratic Justice, 1 tells the story of a restless truth-seeker. Snyder expertly illustrates how Frankfurter never wavered in his deep commitment to democracy and how Frankfurter’s belief in objective truth informed his democratic convictions.
Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Felix Frankfurter.
When Justice Felix Frankfurter met with Jan Karski, a Polish eye witness to the Holocaust, his reaction was to look away and do nothing for his people. American Jews today take for granted their right to hold high public office, head major corporations, and be enormously influential
The immigrant son of Austrian Jews, Felix Frankfurter acquired a legendary reputation as a lawyer, law professor, intellectual gadfly, and presidential adviser even before President franklin d. roosevelt named him to the Supreme Court in 1939.
Felix Frankfurter, (born Nov. 15, 1882, Vienna, Austria-Hungary—died Feb. 22, 1965, Washington, D.C., U.S.), Austrian-born U.S. jurist and public official. Immigrating to the U.S. at the age of 12, he was educated at the City College of New York and Harvard Law School, where he later taught (1914–39). He served as secretary of war (1911 ...
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) championed civil rights during 23 years as a justice on the Supreme Court, but he frequently voted to limit civil liberties, believing that government had a duty to protect itself and the public from assault and that the Court should exercise judicial restraint to promote democratic processes.
