“It can sound trite if you just say citizens need to be educated for democracy to work, but for him it wasn't trite. It was really this strenuous challenge to citizens to use their moments of leisure, which he defined as time away from work, to collect the facts that were necessary for full democratic participation.” IfsNeedsMomentsFactsUseSoundChallengesDemocracyCitizensDemocraticEducatedDefinedLeisureParticipationTime Away Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“[Louis Brandeis] insisted on the necessity of public reason, which he thought could only be achieved if all of us just take the time to inform ourselves about the best arguments on all sides of questions so that we can make up our own minds.” IfsMindReasonSidesArgumentLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“I think [Louis] Brandeis challenges all of the current justices. As he said, "If we would guide by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold." You have to take the values that the framers were concerned about and translate them into this new age.” IfsThinkingMindSaidReasonLightAgeValuesChallengesJusticeConcernedCurrentsGuidesTranslateNew AgeFramersLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“The historical resonances are sharp. [Louis] Brandeis is nominated on Jan. 28, 1916. Confirmed on June 1. Waits 125 days between nomination and confirmation, which remains an unbroken record, although Merrick Garland will surpass it in July, if my math is right. Anti-Semitism was definitely not the central reason for the opposition, which tended to focus more on his anti-corporate radicalism, but it was a theme.” IfsReasonWaitingRecordsFocusRemainsHistoricalMathCorporateThemeOppositionJuneJulyResonanceAnti SemitismNominationsUnbrokenConfirmationGarlandsRadicalismLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
