Jewish justices of the Supreme Court
from Brandeis to Kagan
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Word Count
87,500 words, Guess
Page Count
350 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivejewishjusticesof0000dali
- ISBN-10161168238X
- ISBN-139781611682380
- Library of Congress Control Number2016049397
- OCLC Control Number959034575
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781611682380
- Open LibraryOL26955359M
Classifications
- DDC347.73/26340923924
- LCCKF8744 .D35 2017
- LCCKF8744.D35 2017
Description
"[This book] examines the lives, legal careers, and legacies of the eight Jews who have served or who currently serve as justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Louis D. Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, Felix Frankfurter, Arthur Goldberg, Abe Fortas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, and Elena Kagan. David Dalin discusses the relationship that these Jewish justices have had with the presidents who appointed them, and given the judges' Jewish background, investigates the antisemitism some of the justices encountered in their ascent within the legal profession before their appointment, as well as the role that antisemitism played in the attendant political debates and Senate confirmation battles. Other topics and themes include the changing role of Jews within the American legal profession and the views and judicial opinions of each of the justices on freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the death penalty, the right to privacy, gender equality, and the rights of criminal defendants, among other issues."--Publisher's website.
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- Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life
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- Jewish justices of the Supreme Court: from Brandeis to Kagan
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