'''Louis Dembitz Brandeis''' (1856-1941) was a highly influential American lawyer and theorist of [[Antitrust]] during the [[Progressive Era]]. As an advisor to President [[Woodrow Wilson]], he was a driving force in the passage of the Federal Reserve Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act, and the law establishing the Federal Trade Commission. Appointed to the Supreme Court in 1916, he was the leading liberal on the 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. | '''Louis Dembitz Brandeis''' (1856-1941) was a highly influential American lawyer and theorist of [[Antitrust]] during the [[Progressive Era]]. As an advisor to President [[Woodrow Wilson]], he was a driving force in the passage of the Federal Reserve Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act, and the law establishing the Federal Trade Commission. Appointed to the Supreme Court in 1916, he was the leading liberal on the 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. |