Ep. 36 The life of Louis Brandeis w/ Jeffrey Rosen

During the summer of 1919, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
Brandeis changed his mind about free speech.


Earlier that year, he voted to uphold the conviction of Charles
Schenck for opposing the military draft. A year later, he was the
lone dissenter in a case dealing with nearly the same issue. In
1927, he wrote what some consider to be the greatest defense of
free speech ever penned by a Supreme Court justice in the case
Whitney v. California.


Why did Brandeis change his mind?


On today’s episode of So to Speak, we explore the life and legacy
of Brandeis with National Constitution Center President and CEO
Jeffrey Rosen. Last year, Rosen wrote the book “Louis D.
Brandeis: American Prophet,” which explains how Brandeis came to
be one of free speech’s most eloquent advocates.


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