Democratic Justice, page 150
championing of Holmes and, 69–70, 135, 140, 158
Constitution and, 5
Dennis v. United States and, 541–542
FDR Constitution Day speech and, 280, 281
gloss theory, 555–556
Holmes’s influence, 42, 68, 69, 354
incorporation and, 481–482, 484–485, 487
“John Marshall and the Judicial Function” on, 611–612
Jones v. Opelika and, 393
legal process school and, 687–688
Lochner v. New York and, 22, 36, 42, 74, 137, 269
Minersville School District v. Gobitis and, 353–354, 356
minority rights and, 6, 8, 139, 334, 385, 429, 671, 675, 681
“The Permanence of Jefferson” speech (Library of Congress) (1942) on, 415–416
reliance on scientific studies and, 71, 74, 81, 133, 140–141
Sacco-Vanzetti case and, 185–186
Schlesinger article on Supreme Court and, 479–480
Stimson’s influence, 30, 35
Supreme Court tenure and, 334, 410
Thayer’s influence, 20–21, 22, 42, 60, 69, 354
TR and, 33, 35–36, 41–42, 47
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette and, 425–427
See also Due Process Clause; FAITH IN DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL PROCESS above; ON ROLE OF THE SUPREME COURT below
—KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION AND, 669
JFK’s visit, 1, 2, 3–4, 5, 7
—LABOR LITIGATION:
D.C. Court of Appeals minimum-wage case, 127–128, 131–132
Lowell conflicts and, 143
National Council of Defense position and, 84
Oregon laws (Stettler v. O’Hara and Bunting v. Oregon), 74–75, 79–83, 128, 137, 273
See also Adkins v. Children’s Hospital
—ON ROLE OF THE SUPREME COURT:
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital and, 138–139, 140–141, 268, 358
Brandeis Supreme Court appointment and, 71, 75–76
Coleman v. Miller and, 339–340
court-packing plan and, 265–266, 268–270, 273–274, 278–279
election of 1924 and, 148–149
Gitlow v. New York and, 156
late 1950s decisions and, 661–662
Minersville School District v. Gobitis and, 355, 358
New Deal and, 222, 234
nominations and, 197
See also court-packing plan; Due Process Clause
—POST-RETIREMENT LIFE, 697–703
finances, 667, 697–698
Johnson administration and, 701–702, 703
judicial biography plans, 700–701
post-stroke personality changes, 699–701
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 701, 702–703
relationship with Johnson, 704–705
—PROTÉGÉS:
clerkship referrals, 7, 76, 151, 153, 155, 203, 204, 220, 242–243
Harvard Law School professorship and, 7, 76, 150–155, 203, 204, 220, 224, 242–243
Harvard Law School students (1920s), 150–155
influence of, 7
Johnson administration and, 703–704
judicial biography plans and, 700–701
later eminence of, 701
later lives of, 703–704
liberal establishment and, 7–8
Supreme Court challenges to New Deal and, 257
tributes to FF by, 709
See also PROTÉGÉS IN FDR ADMINISTRATION and SOCIAL/PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS below; specific people
—PROTÉGÉS IN FDR ADMINISTRATION:
anti-Semitism and, 224–225
attacks on FF and, 255–257, 452, 453
Brookings Institution talk, 229–230
early hires, 224
FDR discussions, 240–241
MacLeish, 338
War Department, 379, 417, 459
—RELATIONSHIP WITH MARION DENMAN FRANKFURTER:
childlessness, 152
courtship, 60, 86
engagement, 97, 100–101, 107, 113, 122–123
Maine vacation (1961), 679–680
marriage ceremony and honeymoon, 123
See also Frankfurter, Marion Denman
—SOCIAL/PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS:
assistant U.S. attorney position and, 29
Bureau of Insular Affairs position and, 38
Harvard Law School education and, 19–20, 23, 691
Harvard Law School professorship and, 65–66, 76–77, 151–155, 526
Hiss and, 526
Hoover administration and, 194
influence and, 691692
Kennedy administration and, 669–670
Oxford University fellowship and, 232–233
Paris Peace Conference and, 108
Taft administration, 44–45
War Labor Policies Board and, 99–100
See also House of Truth; GEORGETOWN SOCIAL/PROFESSIONAL NETWORK and PROTÉGÉS above
—SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT, 284–294
Alsop on, 286–287
anti-Semitism and, 293–294, 297–298, 303, 305, 330
Brandeis retirement pressure and, 285–286, 302
Clapper on, 290
conventional narratives on, 284–285
Corcoran and, 284, 285–286, 288–290, 294, 302, 304, 306–307, 308, 311
court-packing plan and, 281–282, 285, 293, 302, 311
early consideration, 276, 277
FDR administration involvement and, 311, 312
geographical diversity issue and, 291, 292, 293, 299–300, 303, 307, 309
gossip about, 304–305
Holmes and, 289–290
Ickes on, 285–286, 301–302, 306, 307–308, 309, 311, 331
Nazi Germany and, 319, 330–331, 333
New Deal and, 294, 308, 312
nomination, 310–311
George W. Norris letter, 287–288, 289–291
Norris on, 308
opposition to, 289, 291–294, 297–298, 300–301, 319
press coverage, 309–310
Stone on, 309
—SUPREME COURT CONFIRMATION HEARINGS, 313–328
Acheson representation, 314–315
FDR and, 327–328
FF’s testimony, 320–326
unprecedented nature of, 313–314
witnesses, 315–320
—SUPREME COURT TENURE:
Abbate v. United States, 660
Adamson v. California, 487–489, 518
American Communications Association v. Douds, 536, 538, 543
Bailey v. Richardson et al., 536–537, 538, 542–543
Barenblatt v. United States, 661
Bartkus v. Illinois, 659–660
Bob-Lo Excursion Company v. Michigan, 514–515, 516, 517
Brandeis’s legacy and, 340
Brandeis’s retirement, 332–333, 335
Brennan appointment, 623–624
Bridges v. California, 375, 390–392
Brown v. Board of Education II, 596, 597–599, 604, 605–609, 650
Cassell v. Texas, 522
Chenery I case, 413
Colegrove v. Green, 672, 673, 674–675, 677, 678–679, 682, 686, 688–689
Coleman v. Miller and, 339–340
conflicts with Warren, 644, 647–649, 671, 677
Cooper v. Aaron, 649–655
denationalization cases, 640–644, 646, 649
Dennis v. United States, 538–543, 627, 628
District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co., 580–581
estrangement from Black, Douglas, and Murphy, 390, 393
FDR administration involvement and, 329, 330, 331, 333, 336–337, 365, 371
FF’s judicial philosophy and, 334, 410
Fikes v. Alabama, 624
Frank v. Maryland, 660–661
Goesaert v. Cleary, 521–522, 664
Gomillion v. Lightfoot, 6, 671–675, 682
Hand on, 409–410, 680
Harlan appointment, 603–605
Henderson v. United States, 522–523
Hughes retirement, 375
Hurd v. Hodge, 517, 520
initial opinions, 338–339
internecine disputes, 410–411, 414, 433–435, 468–473, 476–481
Jackson’s death, 599–600, 605
Japanese-American internment and, 418–419, 445–451
Jencks v. United States, 631–633
Jewell Ridge case, 475, 476–478
Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath, 536, 537–538, 543
Jones v. Opelika, 392–393, 422, 423
judicial issues, 333–334
Konigsberg v. State Bar of California, 627
Lee v. Mississippi, 513–514, 516, 517
Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber, 482–486, 568
Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co., 434, 435, 438
Mapp v. Ohio, 676, 680
McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, 519–521, 522, 523
Minton retirement, 622
miscegenation cases, 612–615, 619, 645
Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 439–440, 515, 516
Mitchell v. United States, 440
Monroe v. Pape, 676
NAACP v. Alabama, 646–647
Nazi saboteurs case (Ex Parte Quirin), 395–404, 562, 565
opinion-writing practices, 412–413
Red Monday decisions, 627–631, 649
relationship with Douglas, 348
residences, 346
Reynolds v. Sims, 686
Roberts retirement, 468–469
Rochin v. California, 559
Rodell on, 383–385
Rosenberg v. United States, 403, 559–569, 582
Sacher v. United States, 543
Schlesinger article on Supreme Court, 479–481
Schneiderman v. United States, 419–422
Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners, 627
Service v. Dulles, 628
Shelley v. Kraemer, 516–517
Sipuel v. Board of Regents, 515–516, 517, 520, 579
Smith v. Allwright, 6, 430, 431–433, 436–440, 450, 513, 580, 649
Supreme Court institutional racism and, 510–511
swearing-in, 329–330
Sweatt v. Painter, 519–521, 522, 523, 579
Sweezy v. New Hampshire, 629–631, 638, 649
Terry v. Adams, 580
Watkins v. United States, 628–629, 630, 631, 649
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 422–428, 429, 430, 436
Wolf v. Colorado, 518, 676
Yates v. United States, 628
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer, 549–558, 569, 575
See also Baker v. Carr; Brown v. Board of Education; Minersville School District v. Gobitis; GEORGETOWN SOCIAL/PROFESSIONAL NETWORK above
—TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION INVOLVEMENT:
atomic bomb, 458, 459, 460, 462, 463, 465–466, 467
Zionism and, 491, 506
—WORLD WAR II AND:
CCNY speech (1941), 400
Gates children care, 366, 367–368, 370–371, 377–378, 386, 389, 394–395
intervention vs. isolationism and, 2–3, 341, 342, 345, 349, 353, 376, 377, 378, 413–414
Lend-Lease Bill, 372–374
military aid to the Allies, 372–374, 376–377
military preparedness, 385–386
Neutrality Acts, 344
Pearl Harbor attack, 387–389, 404
Sheldon and, 404–405
social/professional networks and, 369
See also FDR ADMINISTRATION INVOLVEMENT DURING WORLD WAR II
—WORLD WAR I YEARS:
conscientious objector policy, 88, 170
Europe mission, 96–97
House of Truth and, 85–86, 100
Morgenthau mission, 86–87, 106
National Council of Defense position, 83, 84–85
President’s Mediation Commission, 88–96, 118, 323, 453
War Department reorganization, 96, 98
War Labor Policies Board, 98–100, 101–103
—ZIONISM AND:
Acheson and, 498–499
Alsop and, 497–498
Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine and, 493–497
Brandeis and, 105–107, 113–116, 498
British government and, 497
Israel recognition and, 506, 507, 508–509
Lowell conflicts and, 142
Niles and, 491–493, 496–497
overview of, 490–491
Palestine visit (1934), 236–237
Paris Peace Conference, 105, 106, 107–114, 220
partition plans, 501
Polish Jewry investigation, 115
Truman administration policy and, 491, 506
UN Special Committee on Palestine and, 502–503
Weizmann meeting (1943), 416
Weizmann’s birthday celebration (1945), 490
World War I Europe missions and, 87, 97, 106
—WORKS:
“The Business of the Supreme Court of the United States,” 153, 154, 184, 204, 345
The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti: A Critical Analysis for Lawyers and Laymen, 167–168, 366
The Commerce Clause Under Marshall, Taney, and Waite, 262–263
“The Compact Clause of the Constitution—A Study in Interstate Adjustments” (with Landis), 153
Criminal Justice in Cleveland (with Pound), 133, 161
Felix Frankfurter Reminisces, 666–667
“How Far Is a Judge Free in Rendering a Decision” (with Hand), 222
“John Marshall and the Judicial Function,” 611–612
The Labor Injunction (with Greene), 193, 382
Law and Politics, 347
Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court, 200, 246, 302, 321, 335, 345
“Petty Federal Offenses and Constitutional Guaranty of Trial by Jury” (with Corcoran), 153
“The Portentous Case of Sacco and Vanzetti: A Comprehensive Analysis of a Trial of Grave Importance,” 166–167, 168
“The Power of Congress over Procedure in Criminal Contempts in Inferior Federal Courts” (with Landis), 153
The Public and Its Government, 200, 323
“The Supreme Court in the Mirror of Justices” lecture, 625–626
“Twenty Years of Mr. Justice Holmes’ Constitutional Opinions,” 140
“The Young Men Go to Washington” (with MacLeish), 255–257
Frankfurter, Leopold (FF’s father), 10, 11, 12, 73–74
Frankfurter, Marion Denman (FF’s wife)
Isaiah Berlin and, 232–233, 369–370, 386, 413, 609, 694
Bundy on, 2
Corcoran and, 380
courtship, 60, 86
Elizabeth Glendower Evans and, 160
FDR and, 210
FF’s death and, 708
FF’s FDR administration involvement and, 251
FF’s social/professional networks and, 413
FF’s solicitor generalship offer and, 217
FF’s stroke and, 693–694, 698
FF’s Supreme Court appointment and, 299, 310
FF’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings and, 313
FF’s swearing-in and, 329
Gates children and, 368, 370, 386, 389, 395
health issues, 152, 217, 233, 442, 509, 609, 610, 646, 667
Hiss affair and, 535
Holmes and, 199
Holmes’s death and, 245–246
liberal establishment and, 7–8
on court-packing plan, 268
on FF’s clerks, 359–360
Oxford sojourn, 231, 232–235
Palestine visit (1934), 236
Pearl Harbor attack and, 388
Sacco-Vanzetti case and, 161, 183, 217, 317
World War I employment, 97
World War I Europe mission, 97–98
See also Frankfurter, Felix (FF), RELATIONSHIP WITH MARION DENHAM FRANKFURTER
Frankfurter, Otto (FF’s brother), 10, 12, 329, 452
Frankfurter, Paul (FF’s brother), 10, 329
Frankfurter, Salomon (FF’s uncle), 10–11, 24, 225, 295–296, 331, 381
Frankfurter, Siegfried (Fred) (FF’s brother), 10, 12, 329
Frank, Glenn, 318
Frank, Jerome, 248, 270, 286, 481, 532
Frank, Leo, 69–70, 139, 164
Frank v. Maryland, 660–661
Frazier-Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act, 249
Frazier, Lynn, 318
Freedman, Max, 348, 373, 656, 700
freedom of speech
Bridges v. California and, 375, 390–391
Dennis v. United States and, 538–539, 541
Gitlow v. New York and, 156–157, 540
Jones v. Opelika and, 392
Masses Publishing Co. v. Patten, 538
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette and, 423–424
Whitney v. California and, 159, 391
Free Exercise Clause, 354–355
French, John, 664, 674
Freund, Ernst, 180
Freund, Paul
as FF’s protégé‚, 203, 204
Brandeis’s biography and, 700
Brennan’s clerks and, 683
Brennan Supreme Court appointment and, 623
Civil Rights Act (1957) and, 633
William T. Coleman and, 511–512
FDR administration and, 230, 235, 244, 247
FF’s Harvard Law School honorary degree and, 621
FF’s memorial service and, 707–708, 709
Kennedy administration and, 669–670
Schlesinger article on Supreme Court and, 479
Southern Manifesto and, 617, 618
Supreme Court nomination consideration, 694–695, 696
Friendly, Henry J., 153–154, 155, 203, 626–627, 658–659, 665, 709
Frohwerk, Jacob, 119
Frost, Robert, 691
Fuchs, Klaus, 541
Fulbright, William, 617
Fuller, Alvan T., 172, 173, 175, 178, 179, 180, 186, 208
Full Faith and Credit Clause, 614
Gaines, Lloyd. See Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada
Gardner, George K., 351
Gardner, Warner, FDR administration and, 257
Garner, John Nance, 207, 253, 299, 336, 371
Garrison, Lindley, 54, 58
Garrison, Lloyd, 278, 306, 350, 512
Gary, Elbert, 102–103
Gates, Oliver, 370, 377–378, 389, 395, 668, 700, 706
Gates, Sylvester
children of, 366, 367–368, 370–371, 377–378, 386, 389, 394–395
FF’s Britain visit (1939) and, 342
FF’s memorial service and, 706
FF’s Oxford sojourn and, 232
Sacco-Vanzetti case and, 163–164, 167, 366
World War II and, 362, 366–367, 377
Gayle v. Browder, 627, 671
George, Walter F., 616
German Reich and Americans of German Origin, The, 297
gerrymandering, 5–6
