The Making of the Modern Supreme Court: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and Louis D. Brandeis

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    Abstract

    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and Louis D. Brandeis made the modern Supreme Court. These two brilliant and seminal justices, known in their day for their restraint, nonetheless gave the weapons and the impulse to justices who would not share their judicial temperaments. Perhaps each of them would have been chagrined to the extent to which judges today ignore the traditional constraints of their jurisdiction, impose social values directly on the people, and increase the power of the central government over the states.

    Original languageAmerican English
    Title of host publicationHistory of American Political Thought
    StatePublished - Jan 1 2019

    Keywords

    • Oliver Wendell Holmes
    • Louis Brandeis
    • supreme court
    • history
    • social Darwinism
    • constitution reform

    Disciplines

    • Constitutional Law
    • Judges
    • Law
    • Supreme Court of the United States

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