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=Louis Brandeis=

Background information  Louis Brandeis was born on November 13, 1856, in Louisville Kentucky. He went to Harvard Law School in 1875. He graduated almost three years later and had one of the highest grade point averages in the schools history. He and a classmate had written law articles known as "The Right to Privacy". He was very stern with his belief that the people had rights to privacy. He was offered to become an assistant professor at Harvard, since he had helped the school a lot whenever he could, but he decided to make an alumni group. In 1913 he was offered a seat on the Supreme Court, but decided not to take it. He wanted to continue to fight for the rights of the people. He eventually took his seat on June 5, 1916. He served there until Feb. 13, 1939.

Problems Brandeis was a firm believer in the rights of the people, their privacy, and equal opportunities. He believed that the government was beginning to intrude in the peoples privacy and that it was violating their rights. He was also big in helping protect the rights of industrial laborers. He used his powers as a major leader in the law to help protect many peoples rights. He tried to help with their wages and also the house of work for women laborers.

Solution Louis wanted to help many people in their cases. He helped lawyer for people who had their rights being challenged. He tried to help many people by letting other higher officials in government get involved in his thoughts. He proved that he cared by denying the court seat to continue on working with some of the cases that went on. He was very anti-monopoly. He wanted a more equal way of life and tried to use his power in as many ways as he could.

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