Brandeis on democracy american political thought university press of kansas amazonde brandeis louis d bucher. In all his endeavors brandeis emphasized both political and economic democracy citizen participation and a balance between rights and responsibilities as leader of the american zionist movement from 1914 through the 1930s he dreamed of a democratic jewish homeland in palestine founded on jeffersonian principles and there were similar echoes of the founding fathers in his campaign against the corporate trusts in the united states. Born in 1856 louis brandeis was a genius who had the highest grades in the history of harvard law school brilliant energetic and incurably optimistic brandeis became a very successful boston lawyer in his 30s he began working for various public interests he made important contributions to finance labor relations monopoly regulation free speech in 1916 brandeis was the first jew appointed by woodrow wilson to the us supreme court oppos. Brandeis on democracy in all his endeavors brandeis emphasized both political and economic democracy citizen participation and a balance between rights and responsibilities as leader of the american zionist movement from 1914 through the 1930s he dreamed of a democratic jewish homeland in palestine founded on jeffersonian principles brandeis on democracy louis d brandeis must have been