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Justice Felix Frankfurter

Selected Opinions by Justice Frankfurter:

Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960)

Topic:Voting & Elections

Even the broad power of a state to fix the boundaries of its municipalities is limited by the Fifteenth Amendment, which forbids a state to deprive any citizen of the right to vote because of their race.

Cooper v. Aaron (1958)

Topic:Role of Courts; Equal Protection

State officials have a duty to obey federal court orders resting on the Supreme Court's considered interpretation of the Constitution. Also, state support of segregated schools through any arrangement, management, funds, or property cannot be squared with the Equal Protection Clause.

Perez v. Brownell (1958)

Topic:Immigration & National Security

Congress had the authority under its power to regulate foreign relations to provide that anyone who votes in a foreign political election shall lose their U.S. citizenship.

Beauharnais v. Illinois (1952)

Topic:Free Speech

In the face of a history of tension and

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Felix Frankfurter

Felix Frankfurter (Vienna, 15 novembre1882 – Washington, 22 febbraio1965) è stato un giuristastatunitense, giudice associato della Corte suprema dal 1939 al 1962. Nominato da Franklin Delano Roosevelt, è stato il principale esponente della dottrina del judicial self-restraint.

Biografia

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Nato a Vienna (allora parte dell'Austria-Ungheria) nel 1882 da genitori ebrei, emigrò a New York nel 1894, all'età di 12 anni, con la sua famiglia. Da giovane frequentò la sala lettura della Cooper Union.

Nel 1920 è stato uno dei fondatori dell'American Civil Liberties Union. Nel 1922 collaborò con Nathan Roscoe Pound allo studio Criminal Justice in Cleveland.

Nel 1939 fu nominato giudice associato della Corte suprema da Franklin Delano Roosevelt al posto che era stato di Benjamin N. Cardozo.

Nel 1943 incontrò Jan Karski per conto del Presidente, e reagì con incredulità al suo racconto di quanto stava avvendendo nei campi di sterminio.

Nel 1948 scelse il primo law clerk della Corte Suprema afro-americano, William Thaddeus Colema

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Felix Frankfurter

US Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1962

Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an Austrian-born American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 until 1962, during which he was an advocate of judicial restraint.

Frankfurter was born in Vienna, immigrating to New York City at the age of 12. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Frankfurter worked for Henry L. Stimson, the U.S. Secretary of War. During World War I, Frankfurter served as Judge Advocate General. After the war, he helped found the American Civil Liberties Union and returned to his position as a professor at Harvard Law School. He became a friend and adviser of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who appointed him to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin N. Cardozo. His adherence to judicial restraint during an era where conservative justices wielded the judicial power through the derogation canon and the "plain meaning rule" to strike down progressive laws has been described as liberal by