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'''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.
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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. In 1916 he was appointed to the [[United States]] Supreme Court, and was confirmed despite strong conservative opposition. He served until 1939. Although a supporter of government intervention and some of [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] he opposed bigness 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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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. In 1916 he was appointed to the [[United States]] Supreme Court, and was confirmed despite strong conservative opposition. He served until 1939. Although a supporter of government intervention and some of [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] he opposed bigness and argued that the National Recovery Administration was unconstitutional. He is most famous for opposing big business and defining the right to privacy. Brandeis is also the namesake of [[Brandeis University]].
    
==Early career==
 
==Early career==
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