This article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on February 22, 2017. |
He seems to be first modern judical conservative. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.112.242.121 ( talk) 19:26, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure if at Harvard Law School he had the second best record ever, the best since Louis Brandeis, or just a very excellent one. I've kept it a bit vague in the article. Ryanluck 17:09, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
I've seen records of Frankfurter's cases on Cornell's website that give his initial as being J, not F. Is this a spelling mistake on their part, or did he go by a different name at some point.
perfectblue97 — Preceding undated comment added 15:21, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
I don't know anything about the life of Frankfurter, but I will say that the first line seems a bit odd. If he was born to the wife of a Jewish merchant, then why not just say he was born to a jewish merchant in Vienna. Better still, why not just name his parents. Save the jewish reference for his appointment to the Supreme Court, because that is really when it is significant. Nepal Tree 04:59, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
I had commented on this above, but wanted to give it its own section. I was just rereading the article and came across this:
This section highlights the problem with terms like "judicial conservative." Frankfurter, and most of the New Deal Court, were concerned, as was their predecessor, Holmes, that the Supreme Court for too long had thwarted the economic innovations of Federal and State Legislatures. In time when economic upheaval and industrialization were changing the nature of American life, these progressive men felt that the Court, relying on antiquated maxims of the common law and predispositions to not allow the government to interfere in the internal workings of commerce, was stopping legislation essential to solving the new crisises of the industrial era. The Judicial Restraint of Frankfurter was not in spite of his liberal politics, it was because of his liberal politics. It is also arguable that his restraint was limited to economic issues. You'll notice that he joined the majority in Brown, which had the Courts geting very involved in the local state and municipal laws. The thing to remember about judicial policies is that they are not political views, but a means to a political end. Liberal and Conservative justices will argue judicial restraint when it is needed to make a case turn out the way they want it. But even a conservative like Judge Scalia, will not hesitate to interpret and even redefine a law when he doesn't like it. Look what he just tried to do to the Army Corps of Engineers definition of the "waters of the United States" in that Michigan land use case that came down this past June. Nepal Tree 15:35, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
"Frankfurter is one of two Supreme Court justices to share a name with a food item (the other is Warren E. Burger)." Is this really relevant? It doesn't even seem true (for example Salmon P. Chase). Makgraf 09:44, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
[1] on the site it is said: Birth: Nov. 15, 1882, Death: Feb. 22, 1965, the gravestone shown shows the same year of death.
wikipedia main article says that Felix Frankfurter died in the 80'ies. --
88.72.19.122 14:08, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, it has been my fault, I confused the date of death with his age when dying. (Felix Frankfurter died from congestive heart failure at the age of 83.) -- 88.72.19.122 14:10, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure but I think there may be an error on this page.
In the External Links section there is a Supreme Court section.
The "The Hughes Court" section marks Earl Warren as the Chief Justice ("Chief Justice: Earl Warren (1953–1969)").
Skipping down to the "Warren Court" section we see it marks Earl Warren as the Chief Justice ("Chief Justice: Earl Warren (1953–1969)")
Is this correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greppyrun ( talk • contribs) 01:04, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
What has drawn me to the man is the fact that he was not in a party, and has far as I can tell he was the only man to become a Justiced, does anyone have a view on this matter? 67.35.75.222 ( talk) 23:03, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
In the external links section there is currently text about a 2006 Epoch Times editorial reporting an exchange between Jan Karski and Frankfurter. This does not belong there but should find its may into the article somehow (or be purged). __ meco ( talk) 17:45, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
A temporary subpage at User:Polbot/fjc/Felix Frankfurter was automatically created by a perl script, based on this article at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. The subpage should either be merged into this article, or moved and disambiguated. Polbot ( talk) 20:56, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Page now indicates all info has been merged and that it should be deleted - Hydronium Hydroxide ( talk) 11:55, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
Per https://archive.org/download/brownalumnimonth609brow/brownalumnimonth609brow_bw.pdf he received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Brown University in 1960. Can't see a good place to merge it in, however. - Hydronium Hydroxide ( talk) 11:55, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
Here is a beef I have about Wikipedia in general—often articles give undue prominence to something that strikes a particular editor's fancy. The bit about debriefing the Holocaust informant is a case in point. It is interesting, no doubt. But if you were going to write a 600 page biography of Frankfurter, the incident would only occupy a page or two and then only if there was some context, which this paragraph lacks. Nevertheless in an article supposedly of encyclopedic importance, it takes up 1/9th of the topics. And what are we supposed to make of it? There isn't even any context to explain any of it. Was Frankfurter a Holocaust denier? I think that's hardly possible. So what is the point of including it without context? Surely this article, about one of the 20th centuries legal giants in American jurisprudence, should be vastly increased before something like this is dropped in. Otherwise the criticism that Wikipedia articles are just repositories of trivia gains even further support. AnthroMimus ( talk) 04:19, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Felix Frankfurter. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{
Sourcecheck}}
).
An editor has reviewed this edit and fixed any errors that were found.
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 13:11, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 4 external links on Felix Frankfurter. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 18 January 2022).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 14:16, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
The second opening paragraph lists Frankfurter's predecessor as Justice Louis Brandeis; in fact, it was Justice Benjamin Cardozo. It also says Frankfurter was nominated after Brandeis's death, which is incorrect. While Frankfurter was confirmed on January 20, 1939, Brandeis did not step down until February of that year, and did not pass away until 1941. The Brandeis/Cardozo error does not appear in the sidebar ("Preceded by: Benjamin Cardozo"), or in the "Supreme Court justice" section ("Following the death of Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo in July 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ... nominated Frankfurter"). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.179.67.200 ( talk) 21:18, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
Is a supreme court group photo available that shows Frankfurter as the junior justice, prior to WIlliam O Douglas joining the court? 174.198.15.19 ( talk) 05:31, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
This article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on February 22, 2017. |
He seems to be first modern judical conservative. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.112.242.121 ( talk) 19:26, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure if at Harvard Law School he had the second best record ever, the best since Louis Brandeis, or just a very excellent one. I've kept it a bit vague in the article. Ryanluck 17:09, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
I've seen records of Frankfurter's cases on Cornell's website that give his initial as being J, not F. Is this a spelling mistake on their part, or did he go by a different name at some point.
perfectblue97 — Preceding undated comment added 15:21, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
I don't know anything about the life of Frankfurter, but I will say that the first line seems a bit odd. If he was born to the wife of a Jewish merchant, then why not just say he was born to a jewish merchant in Vienna. Better still, why not just name his parents. Save the jewish reference for his appointment to the Supreme Court, because that is really when it is significant. Nepal Tree 04:59, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
I had commented on this above, but wanted to give it its own section. I was just rereading the article and came across this:
This section highlights the problem with terms like "judicial conservative." Frankfurter, and most of the New Deal Court, were concerned, as was their predecessor, Holmes, that the Supreme Court for too long had thwarted the economic innovations of Federal and State Legislatures. In time when economic upheaval and industrialization were changing the nature of American life, these progressive men felt that the Court, relying on antiquated maxims of the common law and predispositions to not allow the government to interfere in the internal workings of commerce, was stopping legislation essential to solving the new crisises of the industrial era. The Judicial Restraint of Frankfurter was not in spite of his liberal politics, it was because of his liberal politics. It is also arguable that his restraint was limited to economic issues. You'll notice that he joined the majority in Brown, which had the Courts geting very involved in the local state and municipal laws. The thing to remember about judicial policies is that they are not political views, but a means to a political end. Liberal and Conservative justices will argue judicial restraint when it is needed to make a case turn out the way they want it. But even a conservative like Judge Scalia, will not hesitate to interpret and even redefine a law when he doesn't like it. Look what he just tried to do to the Army Corps of Engineers definition of the "waters of the United States" in that Michigan land use case that came down this past June. Nepal Tree 15:35, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
"Frankfurter is one of two Supreme Court justices to share a name with a food item (the other is Warren E. Burger)." Is this really relevant? It doesn't even seem true (for example Salmon P. Chase). Makgraf 09:44, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
[1] on the site it is said: Birth: Nov. 15, 1882, Death: Feb. 22, 1965, the gravestone shown shows the same year of death.
wikipedia main article says that Felix Frankfurter died in the 80'ies. --
88.72.19.122 14:08, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, it has been my fault, I confused the date of death with his age when dying. (Felix Frankfurter died from congestive heart failure at the age of 83.) -- 88.72.19.122 14:10, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure but I think there may be an error on this page.
In the External Links section there is a Supreme Court section.
The "The Hughes Court" section marks Earl Warren as the Chief Justice ("Chief Justice: Earl Warren (1953–1969)").
Skipping down to the "Warren Court" section we see it marks Earl Warren as the Chief Justice ("Chief Justice: Earl Warren (1953–1969)")
Is this correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greppyrun ( talk • contribs) 01:04, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
What has drawn me to the man is the fact that he was not in a party, and has far as I can tell he was the only man to become a Justiced, does anyone have a view on this matter? 67.35.75.222 ( talk) 23:03, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
In the external links section there is currently text about a 2006 Epoch Times editorial reporting an exchange between Jan Karski and Frankfurter. This does not belong there but should find its may into the article somehow (or be purged). __ meco ( talk) 17:45, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
A temporary subpage at User:Polbot/fjc/Felix Frankfurter was automatically created by a perl script, based on this article at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. The subpage should either be merged into this article, or moved and disambiguated. Polbot ( talk) 20:56, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Page now indicates all info has been merged and that it should be deleted - Hydronium Hydroxide ( talk) 11:55, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
Per https://archive.org/download/brownalumnimonth609brow/brownalumnimonth609brow_bw.pdf he received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Brown University in 1960. Can't see a good place to merge it in, however. - Hydronium Hydroxide ( talk) 11:55, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
Here is a beef I have about Wikipedia in general—often articles give undue prominence to something that strikes a particular editor's fancy. The bit about debriefing the Holocaust informant is a case in point. It is interesting, no doubt. But if you were going to write a 600 page biography of Frankfurter, the incident would only occupy a page or two and then only if there was some context, which this paragraph lacks. Nevertheless in an article supposedly of encyclopedic importance, it takes up 1/9th of the topics. And what are we supposed to make of it? There isn't even any context to explain any of it. Was Frankfurter a Holocaust denier? I think that's hardly possible. So what is the point of including it without context? Surely this article, about one of the 20th centuries legal giants in American jurisprudence, should be vastly increased before something like this is dropped in. Otherwise the criticism that Wikipedia articles are just repositories of trivia gains even further support. AnthroMimus ( talk) 04:19, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Felix Frankfurter. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{
Sourcecheck}}
).
An editor has reviewed this edit and fixed any errors that were found.
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 13:11, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 4 external links on Felix Frankfurter. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 18 January 2022).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 14:16, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
The second opening paragraph lists Frankfurter's predecessor as Justice Louis Brandeis; in fact, it was Justice Benjamin Cardozo. It also says Frankfurter was nominated after Brandeis's death, which is incorrect. While Frankfurter was confirmed on January 20, 1939, Brandeis did not step down until February of that year, and did not pass away until 1941. The Brandeis/Cardozo error does not appear in the sidebar ("Preceded by: Benjamin Cardozo"), or in the "Supreme Court justice" section ("Following the death of Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo in July 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ... nominated Frankfurter"). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.179.67.200 ( talk) 21:18, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
Is a supreme court group photo available that shows Frankfurter as the junior justice, prior to WIlliam O Douglas joining the court? 174.198.15.19 ( talk) 05:31, 10 July 2023 (UTC)