Talk:Louis Brandeis
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I added some material on Brandeis during the New Deal, and his anti-big-business approach. RJensen Rjensen 00:30, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
I find it difficult/impossible to believe that all of those references were used for this article. I didn't write it so I can't trim the list, but maybe someone who knows something should pare it down some. --djrobgordon 05:52, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
- Agreed. This article needs some major cleanup and re-formatting; I'll do it when I have some time tomorrow or soon. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 03:02, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
"Before his appointment to the Supreme Court, he was associated with the progressive wing of the United States Democratic Party, and published a notable book in support of competition rather than monopoly in business." Does anyone know what book that is? The American Pageant 12th edition (Kennedy, Cohen, and Bailey) says, "President Wilson's confidant, progressive-minded Massachusetts attorney Louis D. Brandeis, further fanned the flames of reform with his incendiary though scholarly book Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It (1914)," but I haven't looked at the book for myself, so I have no clue if it talks about competition and monopolies. --DVirus101 03:07, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
- Yep - read it, found it a hoot. Really the book just points out how much of the money people put in the banks is then used by those banks to do bad things, like helping their associated corporations try to squash fair competition and cartelize the markets. Brandeis was basically concerned with the increasing concentration of wealth in the hands of corporate entities, and saw the banks as a facilitator of this trend. The notion seems quaint now. BD2412 T 14:14, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Selected Quotes
I think the 'Selected Quotes' section can and should be transwikied to Wikiquote. Any opinions, or should I just be Bold and do it? Firestorm 00:28, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
This is a pretty solid article but I think it ought to explain more clearly WHY President Wilson chose to elevate Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court. I will try to add a sentence or two about that, as I edit it.
Andrew Szanton, 4/06
[edit] Frankists
Was the Brandeis among the Frankists who (apparently) converted to Catholicism?
[edit] Brandeis Brief
The last two paragraphs in the Brandeis Brief section need to be moved to the Supreme Court section. They have nothing to do with paragraph above them or the heading of the section. Papercrab 15:50, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Brandeis Frankist Roots
Please pardon the novice question, but how might I verify the story about the bust of Jacob Frank being found in Brandeis' office after his death? I have read several biographies and have never heard of such a tale. Ravjoshua 21:01, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Brandeis School
Located in Lawrence, New York this school was named after Brandeis, should this be added to namesakes? Yossi842
