“The history of liberty has largely been the history of observance of procedural safeguards.”

— Felix Frankfurter

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About Felix Frankfurter

Jurist • American

Felix Frankfurter was an Austrian-American lawyer, professor, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 to 1962. A prominent advocate of judicial restraint, he...

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