SAMANTHA MONK: Not just a lawyer, not just a justice: Brandeis the activist
It's 1922. A 66-year-old man with the world on his shoulders scribbles a multichaptered memo to his friend Felix Frankfurter at The New Republic: "Regarding New Republic policies I am enclosing as follows-of course not for publication-but for your study or consideration (1) on prohibition (2) on capitalism (3) on the spread (4) on fear (5) on transportation (6) on labor-saving devices...."Technically, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wasn't supposed to have opinions.
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