The Brandeis/Frankfurter Connection: The Secret Political Activities of Two Supreme Court JusticesThis book examines the extrajudicial activities, such as advancement of political causes and covert intervention in national affairs, of two of the U.S. Supreme Court's most famous judges. "Murphy has done a first-class job of research...He has reconstructed episodes in the inner history of the Supreme Court, of the New Deal and of World War II (Washington sector), in new detail and with contagious relish...It is useful because it makes us think hard about standards of judicial behavior."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., New York Times Book Review Chronicles the political activities engaged by these two justices which exceeded by far the limits of propriety demanded of members of the Supreme Court. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Prophet and His Scribe | 98 |
Justice Brandeis | 152 |
Copyright | |
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