Felix Frankfurter lived from 1882 to 1965, an Austrian-born jurist who emigrated to the United States as a child and rose to become a professor at Harvard Law School before his appointment as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, where he served from 1939 to 1962. A co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union earlier in his career, he became on the bench a prominent advocate of judicial restraint, arguing that courts should defer heavily to the elected branches, a position that placed him frequently at odds with more activist colleagues.
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RoleAssociate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States 1 Nationality / JurisdictionUnited States (Austrian-born) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Felix Frankfurter served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962. He was a proponent of judicial self-restraint, believing judges should adhere to precedents and prioritize the intent of legislators.
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