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Brandeis served on the U.S. Supreme Court for 23 years. [57] On the court, Brandeis continued to be a strong voice for progressivism. [58] He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential justices in the history of the United States Supreme Court, often being ranked among the very "greatest" justices in the court's history ...
Samuel Steinfeld, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Kentucky (1972–1975) [150] Jacob Tanzer, Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court (1980–1982) [151] Richard B. Teitelman, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri (2011–2013), Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri (2002–2016) [152]
[4] [73] Clinton was reportedly looking to increase the Court's diversity, which Ginsburg did as the first Jewish justice since the 1969 resignation of Justice Abe Fortas. She was the second female and the first Jewish female justice of the Supreme Court. [4] [74] [75] She eventually became the longest-serving Jewish justice. [76]
Take Louis Brandeis — the first Jewish Supreme Court justice. The Biden administration has been one marked by many firsts: the first African-American vice-president, the first gay cabinet ...
[16] [31] Brandeis joining the court as its first Jewish justice is regarded to be a milestone in Jewish American history. [11] It was also perhaps a milestone marking the start to an end political leaders blocking the appointment of Jews to higher political positions. [13] Brandeis served on the court for twenty-three years. [5]
Cardozo was the second Jewish justice to be appointed to the Supreme Court. The first was Louis Brandeis , whose family was Ashkenazi . Cardozo was born into the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community, which had traditions distinct from the Ashkenazi.
The first Jewish Supreme Court Justice was Louis Brandeis, appointed by Woodrow Wilson over significant opposition. Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed the first Black federal judge, William H. Hastie in 1937. [51] Reynaldo G. Garza, a protégé of Lyndon B. Johnson, was appointed as the first Hispanic federal judge in 1961. [52]
Rachel "Ruchie" Freier (born April 2, 1965) [1] is a New York Supreme Court justice. [2]In 2016, she campaigned and was elected as a Civil Court judge for the Kings County 5th judicial district in New York State, thereby becoming the first Hasidic Jewish woman to be elected as a civil court judge in New York State, [3] [4] [5] and the first Hasidic woman [6] to hold public office [7] in United ...