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'''Louis Dembitz Brandeis'''  (1856-1941) was a highly influential American lawyer and theorist of [[Antitrust]] during the [[Progressive Era]]. He was a leading liberal on the Supreme Court (1916-1939), and a leader of the [[Zionism|Zionist]] movement to build up Israel.
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'''Louis Dembitz Brandeis'''  (1856-1941) was a highly influential American lawyer and theorist of [[Antitrust]] during the [[Progressive Era]]. He was a leading liberal on the Supreme Court (1916-1939), a proponent of small business and an enemy of bigness, and a leader of the [[Zionism|Zionist]] movement to build up Israel.
    
He was a strong advocate of [[Natural Rights]] and freedom of speech. He graduating from Harvard Law School in 1877, were he co-wrote the famous article "The Right to Privacy," in 1890. <ref>http://www.notablebiographies.com/Br-Ca/Brandeis-Louis.html</ref> As a leading lawyer in [[Boston]] he supported the union movement, women's rights and an increase in the minimum wage; he fought monopolistic railroads. Brandeis advised President [[Woodrow Wilson]] on economic issues. In 1916 he was appointed to the [[United States]] Supreme Court, and was confirmed despitestrong conservative opposition. He served until 1939. Although a supporter of government intervention and some of [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] he opposed bignesss and argued that the National Recovery Administration was unconstitutional. He is most famous for opposing big business and defining the right to privacy.  
 
He was a strong advocate of [[Natural Rights]] and freedom of speech. He graduating from Harvard Law School in 1877, were he co-wrote the famous article "The Right to Privacy," in 1890. <ref>http://www.notablebiographies.com/Br-Ca/Brandeis-Louis.html</ref> As a leading lawyer in [[Boston]] he supported the union movement, women's rights and an increase in the minimum wage; he fought monopolistic railroads. Brandeis advised President [[Woodrow Wilson]] on economic issues. In 1916 he was appointed to the [[United States]] Supreme Court, and was confirmed despitestrong conservative opposition. He served until 1939. Although a supporter of government intervention and some of [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] he opposed bignesss and argued that the National Recovery Administration was unconstitutional. He is most famous for opposing big business and defining the right to privacy.  
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