(Source: National Constitution Center) Today we celebrate the birthday of Justice Louis Brandeis, who make a lasting impact on American constitutional law both before and while he was a justice on the Supreme Court from 1916 to 1939. From Brandeis briefs to the right to privacy to a focus on pro bono work, Justice Brandeis shaped the development of both law and the legal profession, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures to ever serve on the Supreme Court. On November 13th, 1856, Louis D. Brandeis was born in Louisville, Kentucky to immigrant parents who had arrived in America from Bohemia less than 10 years earlier. By age 18, Brandeis was studying at Harvard Law...
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