ASSOCIATE JUSTICE FELIX FRANKFURTER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 07/14/1942 - HFSID 154718
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FELIX FRANKFURTER
The Associate Justice declines an invitation to write for "The
Business Bulletin", saying that "judicial duties preclude" his
participation in that "professional organ" and others, including the
"Harvard Law Record", which Frankfurter had edited while in law school.
Autograph Letter Signed: "Felix Frankfurter" as Associate
Justice, 1p, 5¾x9. Washington, D.C., 1942 July 14. On letterhead of
the Supreme Court of the United States, Chambers of Justice Felix Frankfurter to
"My dear Dr. Slottand". In full: "You are kind to invite me
to the pages of The Business Bulletin and I regret that judicial duties
preclude, as they preclude acceptance of similar requests from professional
organs like the Harvard Law Record. With all good wishes, Yrs sincerely".
Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) served on the U.S. Supreme Court
from 1939-1962. Four decades earlier, as a member of the Harvard Law School
faculty (1914-1939), Frankfurter intensively sought to overturn the murder
convictions of two Italian anarchists, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
Frankfurter did not attempt to define the defendants' guilt or innocence; he
considered the Sacco-Vanzetti trial a test case for the objectivity of legal
procedure and intolerance of the establishment. His efforts were in part
financially supported by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, who gave
Frankfurter an annual stipend for legislative research and activities dealing
with social and political importance. Frankfurter's liberal reputation was
derived from his many involvements: he helped found the American Civil
Liberties Union in 1920, and Frankfurter actively supported the Zionist
movement and labor unions. He also served as advisor to President Woodrow
Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference (1919) and advised Franklin D.
Roosevelt during both his governorship and presidency. FDR appointed
Frankfurter to the Supreme Court in 1939. While on the Court, Frankfurter
emphasized the Court's function to base all opinions on constitutional law
rather than personal opinion. Lightly creased with folds, not at signature.
Staple holes at upper left blank corner. Pencil notes (unknown hand) at upper
right corner beneath date, pencil erasures at upper left corner. Fine
condition.
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