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
Natural 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.
[1] 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.
References
- ↑ http://www.notablebiographies.com/Br-Ca/Brandeis-Louis.html
