Paul Finkelman

Paul Finkelman is the Robert E. and Susan T. Rydell Visiting Professor at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, and a research affiliate at the Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is a historian and the author of more than 50 books, including Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation’s Highest Court (Harvard University Press, 2018).

The Many Faces of Felix Frankfurter: On Brad Snyder’s “Democratic Justice”

Paul Finkelman reviews Brad Snyder's "Democratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court, and the Making of the Liberal Establishment."...

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POLITICS

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

The Key to Democracy: A Century of Free Speech

Ian Rosenberg’s “The Fight for Free Speech” is a terrific introduction to the problem of freedom of speech in our society....

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Hunting the Last Nazi Murderers Among Us

Paul Finkelman reviews "Citizen 865: The Hunt for Hitler’s Hidden Soldiers in America," the new book from Pulitzer Prize winner Debbie Cenziper....

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HISTORY