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New page: right|thumb|200px|'''Louis D. Brandeis''' '''Louis Dembitz Brandeis''' (November 13, 1856 – October 5, 1941) was a well respected lawyer and [[Supreme C...
[[Image:Uewb_02_img0111.jpg|right|thumb|200px|'''Louis D. Brandeis''']] '''Louis Dembitz Brandeis''' (November 13, 1856 – October 5, 1941) was a well respected [[lawyer]] and [[Supreme Court]] Justice. Born and raised in a [[Jewish]] [[family]] in [[Kentucky]] he was a strong advocate of individual rights and freedom of [[speech]]. He attended [[school]] in Louisville and Dresden in [[Germany]] before graduating from [[Harvard University]] in 1877, were he co-wrote the famous article "The Right to Privacy," published in the December 1890 Harvard Law Review. <ref>http://www.notablebiographies.com/Br-Ca/Brandeis-Louis.html</ref> As a lawyer in [[Boston]] he supported the [[trade]] [[union]] movement, [[women]]'s rights and an increase in the minimum wage. Brandeis advised [[President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] on [[economics]]. And in 1916 he was appointed as the first Jewish member of the [[United States]] Supreme Court, serving until 1939. Although a supporter of [[government]] intervention and [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s "new deal" programs he argued that the National Recovery Administration was unconstitutional.
Brandeis died in [[Washington]] on October 5th, 1941.
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Brandeis died in [[Washington]] on October 5th, 1941.
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[[category:United States Supreme Court Justices]]