Students and Teachers Remember Justice Frankfurter, March 11, 1965
Scope and Contents
Edition of "Harvard Law Record" volume 40, number 5 that features an article on the memorial of Justice Felix Frankfurter. The article recalls the speeches made by professors at Harvard Law School on Frankfurter's personality, time as a professor, and views on the law. Other articles featured include a piece on a new sponsership program for southern black undergraduates at Harvard Law School, a visit by Senator Scott Limbers, and a new bill introduced by Senator Edward Kennedy based on a draft act written by the Harvard Student Legislative Research Bureau (SLRB).
Dates
- Creation: March 11, 1965
Biographical / Historical
Felix Frankfurter was a jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 until 1962. Frankfurter graduated from Harvard Law School and would return as a professor of administrative and criminal law. He was well known as an advocate of judicial restraint which posits that courst should not limit the executive and legislative branch through ridgid interpretations of the constitution. In 1920, Frankfurter helped form the Americal Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Frankfurter was a close advisor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt who nominated him to serve on the Supreme Court in 1938. While serving on the Supreme Court, Frankfurter wrote 247 opinions on cases including Irvin v. Dowd, Minersville School District v Gobitis, Baker v. Carr, and Brown v. Board of Education.
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