TY - BOOK AU - Rosen,Jeffrey TI - Louis D. Brandeis: American prophet T2 - Jewish lives SN - 030015867X AV - KF8745.B67 R67 2016 U1 - 347.732634B 23 PY - 2016///] CY - New Haven, [Connecticut], London PB - Yale University Press KW - Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, KW - United States KW - Supreme Court KW - Biography KW - Judges KW - Jewish judges KW - fast KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-240); Introduction: Isaiah and Jefferson -- 1. The curse of bigness -- 2. Other people's money -- 3. Laboratories of democracy -- 4. The perfect citizen in the perfect state -- Epilogue: What would Brandeis do? N2 - Louis D. Brandeis served on the Supreme Court from 1916 to 1939. A critic of what he called "the curse of bigness" in business and government, Brandeis wrote the most important Supreme Court opinions about free speech, freedom from government surveillance, and freedom of thought and opinion. Rosen provides a passionate argument for why Brandeis can teach us about historic and contemporary questions ER -