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Relationships with fellow justices [ edit ]. In November , he chaired a meeting in support of American recognition of the newly created Soviet Union. Read Edit View history. Retrieved February 15, Roosevelt , who appointed him to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin N. Breyer , who is also Jewish. In his judicial restraint philosophy, Frankfurter was strongly influenced by his close friend and mentor Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Further reading [ edit ]. Justices Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Board of Education. He critiqued the prosecution's case and the judge's handling of the trial; he asserted that the convictions were the result of anti-immigrant prejudice and enduring anti-radical hysteria of the Red Scare of — Brennan Jr.

Brennan Jr. Frank, Anne. Black, Felix Frankfurter, and Robert H. Granted, the Framers did set forth a capacious, forgiving plan for politics in the form of the Constitution. Frankfurter, Felix , Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court. The Free Speech Center operates with your generosity!

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Mutual animosity — particularly his rivalries with Justices Black and Douglas 40 — prevented Frankfurter from becoming more influential on the Court. Retirement and death [ edit ]. Roosevelt but was reluctant to raise matters of Jewish concern with the president. This article was originally published in Herman — Deborah Archer —present.

Retrieved August 24, Karski , I am unable to believe you. His mother died in January after a prolonged illness.

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Thus, Snyder paints readers a wonderful portrait of a thinker and doer who is an inspiration, but also a caution. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. The Supreme Court.