Jewish Champions of First Amendment

[Paul Finkelman]

To paraphrase a great rabbi:   Louis D. Brandeis and everything else is
just commentary.

Paul Finkelman

Paul Finkelman
President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law
     and Public Policy
Albany Law School
80 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, New York   12208-3494

518-445-3386 
pfink at albanylaw.edu
>>> Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> 09/10/06 12:10 PM >>>

Someone has asked me for help in compiling a list of "Jewish champions
of 
the First Amendment."  Can anyone suggest the names of judges,
attorneys, 
academics, or litigants who were Jewish and who were notable in
supporting 
the First Amendment?

The names we have so far are: Morris Ernst, Floyd Abrams, Harriet
Pilpel, 
Louis Brandeis, Paul Cohen, Daniel Ellsberg, Aryeh Neier, Alan
Dershowitz, 
Harry Kalven (not sure he was Jewish), Leonard Levy, Nat Hentoff.  I am 
sure there are dozens of other names that could be added, but am trying
to 
focus on the more major ones.

Fred Shapiro


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