Hotdog Liberal Judge Is Conservative

He was active in founding the ACLU.  He was a New Deal progressive, and was appointed to the United States Supreme Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.  His name is Felix Frankfurter and (as you can imagine) his name gave rise to political comedic comment (i.e., his followers were sometimes called "Felix's Happy Hot Dogs").  Now comes the amazing fact!  This progressive-liberal attorney was a strong and committed advocate of "Judicial Restraint."  He did not believe that the United States Supreme Court should become involved in resolving political issues by creative interpretation of the plain language of the United States Constitution.  He was reluctant to apply the federal Constitution to executive, legislative and judicial decisions of the individual states.  He was a frequent dissenter from the Supreme Court's "liberal" decisions of the late 50's and early 60's.  What every litigant wants is a judge who will decide his or her case on the law and the facts, rather than political views or personal beliefs.  Justice Frankfurter decided cases without needless relish!   John Greanias, Copyright 2013.