“I came to believe that actually [Louis] Brandeis tended to uphold laws that he liked and strike down those that he didn't, generally strike down centralizing federal agencies in the New Deal, and uphold state economic experimentation.” BelieveStatesLawDealsEconomicStrikesAgencyExperimentationNew DealLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“He [Louis Brandais] did believe in the states famously as laboratories of democracy, to use that resonant phrase that Tea Party and conservative libertarians have embraced today because he loves state experimentation.” BelieveStatesUseTodayPartyDemocracyConservativeLibertarianTeaPhrasesLaboratoryTea PartyExperimentation Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“[Louis Brandeis] believes in natural rights of speech and liberty and the right to pursue happiness.” BelieveNaturalLibertyRightsSpeechPursueNatural RightsLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“And he [Louis Brandeis] talks to his young acolyte, Horace Kallen, who wrote this beautiful book called Cultural Pluralism, and he comes to believe that by being better Jews, or better members of our ethnic group, we can be better Americans, because America is like an orchestra in which identity is defined by the diversity of perspectives that we bring to the table.” BelieveBookAmericaBeautifulYoungGroupsIdentityPerspectiveMembersDiversityTablesJewDefinedOrchestraPluralismEthnic GroupsLouis BrandeisBeautiful Books Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“For [Louis] Brandeis, you know, ethnicity and background are much less important than facts and reason. And he believes that far from wanting to efface our diversity of perspectives, we have to embrace it because that makes us more American, not less. In that sense, he's incredibly modern in an age of cultural pluralism. And it is disappointing for just the reasons you say that not everyone has embraced his pluralistic vision.” KnowsBelieveImportantReasonFactsAgeVisionModernPerspectiveDiversityEmbraceBackgroundsDisappointingEthnicityPluralismLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
