Title
Benjamin N. Cardozo American Judge
A biography whose objective is the presentation of his character and personality, with the evaluation of his achievements the secondary aim. Sources for information in the book came from his public writings and addresses, his private correspondence, contemporary events affecting his thoughts and deeds, what has been written to and of him and said in public addresses, the recollections and estimates of his family, friends and acquaintances. Very private information is not part of the biography.
Although he was a self proclaimed agnostic, his heritage was Spanish-Iberian Portuguese Western Jewish Sephardim.
He was designated to the New York Court of Appeals in February, 1914; and appointed to the Supreme Court in 1932. He was a member of the 'Three Musketeers' along with Brandeis and Stone, which was considered to be the liberal faction of the Supreme Court. In his years as an Associate Justice, he handed down opinions that stressed the necessity for the tightest adherence to the Tenth Amendment ( which strictly supports the entire plan of the original Constitution for the United States of America, by stating that the federal government possesses only those powers delegated to it by the United States Constitution. All remaining powers are reserved for the states or the people).
Publisher
Whittlesey House - a division of McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, New York - London
Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Author
Hellman, George S.
Rights
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