Frankfurter, Felix

A judge of the twentieth century, he served on the Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962. Frankfurter believed in judicial restraint , the idea that judges should decide cases and not try to shape public policy (or “legislate”) from the bench.

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In 1962, Justice Felix Frankfurter cautioned against the Supreme Court entering what he called the “political thicket.”

But it wasn't until five years later when Goldberg replaced Felix Frankfurter that his liberal bloc finally had its fifth vote.

Justice Felix Frankfurter refused to hire her as a clerk because of her gender.

He is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.

“I had, as you know, a program in mind,” she remarked mildly to her friend Felix Frankfurter.

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