FELIX FRANKFURTER THE RED RASPUTIN OF THE SUPREME COURT

FELIX FRANKFURTER THE RED RASPUTIN OF THE SUPREME COURT

By SAM CROCKETT

United States Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter has been variously described as “the Rasputin of this administration,” as “the most influential single individual in the United States”, as one of the men constituting “the secret government  of the United States”, as  “the man behind the men behind the President of the United States,” and as the “legal mastermind of the New Deal.”

He fits all of these descriptions. However, he also has been justifiably characterized “for all his inexplicable reputation (as a brain), as the gabbiest, foggiest bore you would find in a guardhouse full of AWOLS.”….

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