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

Authors

David Forte, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Publication Date

2019

Publication Title

History of American Political Thought

Keywords

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

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.

ISBN

978-1-4985-5869-3

Comments

Second Edition

Repository Citation

Forte, David, "The Making of the Modern Supreme Court: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and Louis D. Brandeis" (2019). Law Faculty Contributions to Books. 254.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/fac_book_contributions/254