Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court
Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life

Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court

From Brandeis to Kagan

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Publisher Description

Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court examines the lives, legal careers, and legacies of the eight Jews who have served or who currently serve as 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 relationship that these Jewish justices have had with the presidents who appointed them, and given the judges’ Jewish background, investigates the antisemitism some of the justices encountered in their ascent within the legal profession before their appointment, as well as the role that antisemitism played in the attendant political debates and Senate confirmation battles. Other topics and themes include the changing role of Jews within the American legal profession and the views and judicial opinions of each of the justices on freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the death penalty, the right to privacy, gender equality, and the rights of criminal defendants, among other issues.

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
2017
April 4
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
350
Pages
PUBLISHER
Brandeis University Press
SELLER
Chicago Distribution Center
SIZE
14.8
MB

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