Benches Quote by Jeffrey Rosen
“Initially the papers said that the fact that Louis Brandeis was picked because he was Jewish. The New York Sun said he's the first Jew ever picked for the bench - a long and bitter fight expected in the Senate over confirmation.”
![“The tyranny of Harvard and Yale is another thing that transcends this problem of the set point. But what's so striking about [Louis] Brandeis is he had this vision of cultural pluralism that completely gave the lie to the idea that there was any inconsistency between being Jewish or being a woman…” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/862/jeffrey-rosen-13180_african-american_the-tyranny-of-harvard-and-yale-is-anoth_2229543.jpg)
![“Justice Jefferson has a blind spot on race. You know, more than a blind spot. A terrible blemish on his legacy, slavery, for which he's properly excoriated. So, I think [Louis] Brandeis has done this as well.” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/438/jeffrey-rosen-13180_blind_justice-jefferson-has-a-blind-spot-on-ra_2417525.jpg)
![“It's unfortunate that [Louis] Brandeis was not able to translate or abstract his devotion to cultural pluralism and racial equality as he put it for Jews to enslave people and their descendants and to African Americans.” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f6c/jeffrey-rosen-13180_able_it-s-unfortunate-that-louis-brandeis-was_603580.jpg)
![“I think [Louis] Brandeis challenges all of the current justices. As he said, "If we would guide by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold." You have to take the values that the framers were concerned about and translate them into this new age.” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/273/jeffrey-rosen-13180_age_i-think-louis-brandeis-challenges-all-of_1537636.jpg)
![“Louis Brandeis really inspired me to write this book [Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet]. It was a crazy deadline. The editor said I'd miss the hundredth anniversary unless I pumped the thing out in six months, because I'd been delaying and dilly dallying for so long. So he both inspired me to…” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0f3/jeffrey-rosen-13180_anniversary_louis-brandeis-really-inspired-me-to-wri_110490.jpg)
![“He's [Louis Brandais] so suspicious of bigness in government as well as business that he mistrusts even really top-down reforms at the state level. The most inspiring part of his legacy to me is his belief in the imperative and duty of self-education on behalf of citizens.” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/da1/jeffrey-rosen-13180_behalf_he-s-louis-brandais-so-suspicious-of-big_113363.jpg)
![“Basically [Louise] Brandeis was a Jeffersonian. And you say the timing is great, and it is in a lot of senses, except not for [Tomas] Jefferson, because this is a Hamiltonian moment, and he's the rock star of the minute with a great musical.” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/494/jeffrey-rosen-13180_great-music_basically-louise-brandeis-was-a-jefferso_603281.jpg)
![“[Louis Brandeis] at the age of 57 decided to become the head of the American Zionist movement was more influential than anyone else in the 20th century in persuading Woodrow Wilson to recognize a Jewish homeland in Palestine.” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0fd/jeffrey-rosen-13180_20th-century_louis-brandeis-at-the-age-of-57-decided_726968.jpg)
![“A nominee [to Supreme Court] must possess the competence, character and temperament to serve on the bench.” quote by Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/51a/herb-kohl-25520_benches_a-nominee-to-supreme-court-must-possess_40021.jpg)
