Background
Lusky, Louis was born on May 15, 1915 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Leonard Morris and Amy (Kleeman) Lusky.
(Lusky examines the role of the Supreme Court in today's s...)
Lusky examines the role of the Supreme Court in today's society. His book serves as a reminder that the Supreme Court's constitutional rulings, which have led us toward an open and self-governing society, have won popular acceptance because they are thought to be based on legal principle rather than the personal preferences of the Justices. In recent years, the Court has announced many new constitutional rules without recognizing the importance of showing that it still considers itself the servant of the law. According to Lusky, unless the Court takes more care to demonstrate the principled basis of its constitutional decisions, it may lose its vital ability to defuse conflicts within society.
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Lusky, Louis was born on May 15, 1915 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Leonard Morris and Amy (Kleeman) Lusky.
A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Lusky graduated from Louisville Male High School in 1931. He later attended the University of Louisville and Columbia Law School and graduated as the highest-ranking member of the Columbia Law School Class of 1937.
Considered a pioneer in the field of civil rights law, he was the Betts Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, where he taught from 1963-1986. Lusky began his legal career as the clerk for United States Supreme Court Justice Harlan Fiske Stone. During that time he helped draft the famous "Footnote 4" of United States v.
Carolene Products Company
(1938). The footnote asserts that the Supreme Court might adopt a higher level of judicial scrutiny in matters concerning noneconomic regulation, which has been applied in cases involving the protection of the integrity of the political process, particularly those involving religious, national, or racial minorities where prejudice might be operative. During World World War II Lusky served as an operations analyst for the Eighth Air Force in England and then returned to his hometown.
He was in private practice there and in New York City for 16 years before joining the Columbia Law School faculty in 1963. He authored many articles on constitutional law, and the book By What Right?: A Commentary on the Supreme Court"s Power to Revise the Constitution.
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(Lusky examines the role of the Supreme Court in today's s...)
Member American Bar Association, American Civil Liberties Union (national committee 1963-1967, national board 1967-1970), American Law Institute.
Married Ruth Agnes Anderson, August 31, 1946. Children: Mary Hibbard Friedman, John Anderson. 1 child by previous marriage, Peter Joris.