Louis Brandeis beloved uncle, Lewis Dembitz, was an ardent abolitionist. His mother was an abolitionist in Kentucky at a time when Brandeis… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
I was very much influenced by a great book by the scholar Neil Richards called Intellectual Privacy, that [Louis] Brandeis changed his… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
[Louis Brandeis] insisted on the necessity of public reason, which he thought could only be achieved if all of us just take… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
The tyranny of Harvard and Yale is another thing that transcends this problem of the set point. But what's so striking about… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
Whenever I felt tempted to, I don’t know, watch cat videos or bad Netflix TV instead of writing this Brandeis biography, I… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
Louis Brandeis never had the opportunity - or he never sought the opportunity I should say - to work closely with African… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
[Louis] Brandeis is often painted as an acolyte of judicial restraint, or the view that judges should uphold laws whether or not… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
Justice Jefferson has a blind spot on race. You know, more than a blind spot. A terrible blemish on his legacy, slavery,… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
Louis Brandeis actually changes his mind about women's suffrage because he works with these brilliant women in the women's suffrage movement like… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
I don't think he would have had any trouble answering Justice Sonia Sotomayor's excellent challenge in a case involving GPS surveillance. She… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
I came to believe that actually [Louis] Brandeis tended to uphold laws that he liked and strike down those that he didn't,… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
[Louis] Brandeis improves the prose. He simplifies it and perfects the balance of the sentence so it becomes even more memorable and… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
[Louis Brandeis] believes in natural rights of speech and liberty and the right to pursue happiness. — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image