Justice felix frankfurter biography
Felix Frankfurter, 1939-1962 - Supreme Court Historical Society.
Justice felix frankfurter biography
Felix Frankfurter
US Supreme Court justice from to
Felix Frankfurter (November 15, – February 22, ) was an Austrian-born American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from until , during which he was an advocate of judicial restraint.
Frankfurter was born in Vienna, immigrating to New York City at the age of 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 ru