Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter · Philosophy & Social Sciences
US Supreme Court Justice and constitutional scholar; leading advocate of judicial restraint
1882, Vienna, Austria-Hungary — 1965, Washington, D.C., United States
Austria · United States
Felix Frankfurter is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — US Supreme Court Justice and constitutional scholar; leading advocate of judicial restraint
Frankfurter was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice and constitutional scholar, a leading advocate of judicial restraint who served on the Court from 1939 to 1962. Born into a Jewish family in Vienna, he emigrated as a child, became a Harvard Law professor and helped found the American Civil Liberties Union. He was one of the most influential legal minds of his generation.
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US Supreme Court Justice and constitutional scholar; leading advocate of judicial restraint
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