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Felix Frankfurter: A Brief Biography

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Felix Frankfurter was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and the only immigrant on such a post. This famous law scholar was born in Vienna, Austria on November 15, 1882. He immigrated to the United States with his family in 1894. He died in Washington, D. C. on February 22, 1965. Felix Frankfurter graduated Harvard Law School with outstanding academic records, returned there as a professor, had a brief private legal practice. But his true passion was a court. His dream came true in 1939 when he was nominated to the Supreme Court by the President and his fellow Franklin Roosevelt. Felix Frankfurter had a sharp mind and was able to tempt over to his side. This judge was an advocate for judicial restraint and asserted the idea that

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