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A magnificent and indeed definitive biography of a vitally important but highly imperfect justice. -- David J. Garrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Exhaustively researched, gracefully written, persuasively argued, and historically grounded, [Democratic Justice] enriches our understanding of American democracy, politics, jurisprudence, and the liberal establishment...One comes away from a reading of this book with a profound and renewed admiration for Felix Frankfurter and the obligation to reexamine his steadfast adherence to what he believed to be the limited role of an appointed judiciary in a liberal democracy. -- David Nasaw, author of The Last Million and The Patriarch Felix Frankfurter was one of the most significant figures of the American twentieth century...Brad Snyder has given this protean man the major biography he has long deserved. Democratic Justice is vivid, meticulous, and irresistibly absorbing. -- Nicholas Lemann, Pulitzer Moore Professor of Journalism and Dean Emeritus, Columbia Journalism School For years people interested in constitutional law and US history have missed a comprehensive biography of Felix Frankfurter, in his time the most influential figure in constitutional law and an important contributor to progressive thought and politics. Finally we have one...This is a major achievement that deserves to be widely read. -- Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law Emeritus, Harvard Law School The conventional wisdom is that Felix Frankfurter was a liberal lawyer who became--surprisingly--a conservative justice. Brad Snyder's spellbinding biography brilliantly revises this understanding to present Frankfurter as a champion of democracy in his day--and for our own as well. -- Laura Kalman, Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Brad Snyder is a professor of constitutional law and twentieth-century American legal history at Georgetown University Law Center. In addition to his legal scholarship, he has written for Politico, Slate, and the Washington Post. He lives on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. James Fouhey is an actor and narrator living in New York City. He received classical training at Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. He has recorded more than forty audiobooks across a variety of genres, including science fiction, romance, young adult fiction, and children's fiction.

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