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In the 1930s he was active in the Civil Liberties Committee, and was briefly a member of the far-left [[National Lawyers Guild]].
In the 1930s he was active in the Civil Liberties Committee, and was briefly a member of the far-left [[National Lawyers Guild]].
==Labor lawyer==
==Labor lawyer==
Goldberg had established a name for himself as a leading labor law specialist with the [[CIO]] and especially the Steelworkers Union. He helped purge the CIO of pro-Communist elements and was a strong supporter of anti-Communist programs in the [[Cold War]]. Labor was still a powerful part of the [[New Deal Coalition]] when President [[John F. Kennedy]] appointed him to be [[Secretary of Labor]] in 1961.
Goldberg had established a name for himself as a leading labor law specialist with the [[Congress of Industrial Organizations]] (CIO) and especially the Steelworkers Union. He helped purge the CIO of pro-Communist elements and was a strong supporter of anti-Communist programs in the [[Cold War]]. Labor was still a powerful part of the [[New Deal Coalition]] when President [[John F. Kennedy]] appointed him to be [[Secretary of Labor]] in 1961.
In 1963, after Justice [[Felix Frankfurter]] retired, Kennedy nominated Goldberg to fill the empty seat. Goldberg took his place on the bench in September 1962. <ref>[http://goldberg.law.northwestern.edu/ Northwestern University]</ref>
In 1963, after Justice [[Felix Frankfurter]] retired, Kennedy nominated Goldberg to fill the empty seat. Goldberg took his place on the bench in September 1962. <ref>[http://goldberg.law.northwestern.edu/ Northwestern University]</ref>