Supreme Court Justices

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This paper describes the professional life of American Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis. The paper claims that of the justices on the Court at that time, Brandeis seems to stand out as a thoughtful, progressive and influential justice. The paper examines several of his well-known dissenting opinions. The paper contends that while his effect on criminal procedure was minimal, except perhaps in a philosophical sense, Brandeis' main efforts were spent in protecting civil rights.

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"Amazingly few people have sat on the Supreme Court bench since the founding of the United States, as the justices are appointed for life, or until they chose to retire. It is not surprising, therefore, that a few names are common knowledge for quite a number of people. Older Americans tend to know one or two of the current justices, possibly more, and many of those same people know the names and general philosophies of such ground-breaking opinion writers as Earl Warren and Thurgood Marshall. Some also know the name John Jay, a member of the first sitting court, from their grade school history lessons. A few know William O. Douglas because of his extraordinarily long life and service. OF current justices, many people know the names Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg because they are the first and second women, respectively, appointed to the Court."

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