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| − | [[Image:Uewb_02_img0111.jpg|right|thumb|200px|'''Louis D. Brandeis''']] '''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 | + | [[Image:Uewb_02_img0111.jpg|right|thumb|200px|'''Louis D. Brandeis''']] '''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. <ref>http://www.notablebiographies.com/Br-Ca/Brandeis-Louis.html</ref> 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. | Brandeis died in [[Washington]] on October 5th, 1941. | ||
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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.