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Name:
Felix Frankfurter
Dates:
Born: November 15, 1882 in Vienna, Austria
Died: February 21, 1965 in Washington, D.C.
Emigrated to U.S.: 1894
Harvard law school: 1906
Appointed to the Supreme Court: January 5, 1939
Biography:
Felix Frankfurter had strong liberal and progressive credentials long before he
was appointed to the Supreme Court. He helped found the American Civil
Liberties Union and did a lot to help President Roosevelt with his New Deal
policies. Because of this background, his appointement raised a lot of concerns
among conservatives, but his adherence to the philosophy of judicial restraint
limited his support of civil liberties from the bench. According to Frankfurter, the
most fundamental test for any law which a justice must use was the question of
Rational Basis - if a rational basis for a law could be found, then the law should
be considered constitutional.
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