CONTENTS

PREFACE: THE IDEALISTIC PRAGMATIST

 1. LOUISVILLE ROOTS

 2. HARVARD, ST. LOUIS, AND BACK

 3. WARREN & BRANDEIS

 4. FIRST STEPS

 5. ALICE

 6. TRACTION AND UTILITIES

 7. A PERFECT REFORM

 8. TAKING ON MORGAN

 9. AN ATTORNEY FOR THE PEOPLE

10. DEMOCRACY IN THE WORKPLACE

11. THE PINCHOT-BALLINGER AFFAIR

12. RAILROAD INTERLUDES

13. THE CURSE OF BIGNESS

14. NATIONAL POLITICS

15. A SNAPSHOT OF MR. BRANDEIS

16. THE NEW FREEDOM

17. MEN! MONEY! DISCIPLINE!

18. NOMINATION

19. SETTLING IN

20. EXTRAJUDICIAL ACTIVITIES: I

21. ZIONISM, 1917–1921

22. WAR AND SPEECH—AND HOLMES

23. BRANDEIS AND TAFT

24. THE TAFT COURT AND LEGAL CLASSICISM

25. A NEW AGENDA: THE COURT AND CIVIL LIBERTIES

26. EXTRAJUDICIAL ACTIVITIES: II

27. DEPRESSION

28. THE NEW DEAL

29. EXTRAJUDICIAL ACTIVITIES: III

30. THE PASSING OF ISAIAH

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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