Brandeis, Warren: the Rise and Fall of Civil Liberties

Where the modern civil libertarian came from, who killed him, and where he's buried.

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From L. D. Brandeis, Other People's Money (1913)

From L. D. Brandeis, The Curse of Bigness (1932)

From A. M. Bickel, The Unpublished Opinions of Mr. Justice Brandeis (1957)

Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616 (1919)

Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927)

From P.H. Irons, The New Deal Lawyers (missing file)

Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944)

Adamson v California, 332 U.S. 46 (1947)

Minersville School District v Gobitis, 310 U.S. 586 (1940)

West Virginia State Board Of Ed. v Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943)

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