Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court: From Brandeis to Kagan (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life)

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Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court examines the lives, legal careers, and legacies of the eight Jews who have served or who currently function justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Louis D. Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, Felix Frankfurter, Arthur Goldberg, Abe Fortas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, and Elena Kagan.

David Dalin discusses the connection that these Jewish justices have had with the presidents who appointed them, and given the judges’ Jewish background, investigates the antisemitism one of the crucial justices encountered of their ascent inside the legal profession before their appointment, in addition to the role that antisemitism played within the attendant political debates and Senate confirmation battles.

Other topics and themes include the changing role of Jews inside the American legal profession and the views and judicial opinions of each and every of the justices on freedom of speech, freedom of faith, the death penalty, the appropriate to privacy, gender equality, and the rights of criminal defendants, among other issues.

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