With all deliberate speed: the life of Philip Elman: an oral history memoir: in Mr. Elman's words, based on interviews at the Columbia university Oral history research office

A behind-the-scenes look at an unrecognized giant of American legal history and his role in the Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education | " With All Deliberate Speed is just wonderful. It gives the reader fascinating insights into the Roosevelt era, the Supreme Court, the Justice Department. It is funny, and endearingly human. Three cheers!" -Anthony Lewis, New York Times columnist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gideon's Trumpet "The fascinating, eloquent, and skillfully edited oral memoir of a distinguished public servant, who was at the epicenter of major legal controversies that his memoir illuminates. A major contribution to modern American legal history." -Richard A. Posner "With All Deliberate Speed provides an insider's rich account, spanning over thirty years, of the inner workings of the Supreme Court, the Solicitor General's Office and the Federal Trade Commission that anyone seriously interested in a frank behind-the-scenes view of the federal government should find exceptionally provocative and intriguing" -Drew Days III, Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law, Yale University, and former Solicitor General of the United States, 1993-96 From a modest childhood in Patterson, N. J., Philip Elman rose to become clerk for the great Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, and then to a position in the U.S. Solicitor General's Office. As a member of that office, Philip Elman had an exceptional vantage point on one of the most momentous cases in U.S. Supreme Court history: Brown v. Board of Education. In this oral history memoir of Elman's life, With All Deliberate Speed , author Norman I. Silber reveals the maneuvering that led to the Court's overturning the doctrine of "separate but equal." Working behind the scenes, it was Justice Department attorney Elman who came up with the concept of gradual integration-an idea that worked its way into the final decision as the famous phrase "with all deliberate speed." Though this expression angered those pressing for immediate desegregation, Elman claims that it unified a divided Court, thus enabling them to stand together against the evil of segregation. With All Deliberate Speed records a decisive moment in Supreme Court history, but it is also Philip Elman's unforgettable oral memoir-the story of his entire career in government service, including his work with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy as commissioner of the FTC, and his role in founding the modern consumer protection movement, which includes the antismoking campaign that put the Surgeon General's warning on cigarette packs. At once rich historical testimony and a gripping read, With All Deliberate Speed offers a rarely glimpsed insider's understanding of the politics of the American legal system. "In this oral history memoir of Elman's life, With All Deliberate Speed, author Norman I. Silber reveals the maneuvering that led to the Court's overturning the doctrine of "separate but equal." Working behind the scenes, it was Justice Department attorney Elman who came up with the concept of gradual integration-an idea that worked its way into the final decision as the famous phrase "with all deliberate speed." Though this expression angered those pressing for immediate desegregation, Elman claims that it unified a divided Court, thus enabling them to stand together against the evil of segregation. With All Deliberate Speed records a decisive moment in Supreme Court history, but it is also Philip Elman's unforgettable oral memoir-the story of his entire career in government service, including his work with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy as commissioner of the FTC, and his role in founding the modern consumer protection movement, which includes the antismoking campaign that put the Surgeon General's warning on cigarette packs. At once rich historical testimony and a gripping read, With All Deliberate Speed offers a rarely glimpsed insider's understanding of the politics of the American legal system."--Amazon.com viewed Mar. 5, 2021 From a modest childhood in Paterson, N.J., Philip Elman rose to become clerk for the great Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, and then to a position in the U.S. Solicitor General's office. It was there, in late 1952, that Elman contributed to what may have been the single most important government brief in Supreme Court history: Brown v. Board of Education. With the Court -- and the country -- bitterly split over school desegregation and the validity of "separate but equal," Elman's intimate knowledge of the Court enabled him to develop the concept that became known as "with all deliberate speed" -- a phrase which unified the divided Court, but which continues to generate heated public debate to this day A very young adult Trials at Harvard A new clerk, a new judge A regulatory interlude The towering Justice Frankfurter The rift on the Roosevelt court The ear and pen of clerks for life Redeployment Assignment in Germany At the office of the Solicitor General The gist of the antitrust thrust The solicitor general's office and civil rights Unconventional conduct The 1960 election "Troublemaker" at the Federal Trade Commission Reappointment The cigarette rule Very public acrimony Teaching and practice. In 1953, Philip Elman wrote one of the most important legal briefs in US legal history: Brown vs. Board of Education. His famous phrasing - 'with all deliberate speed' - is credited with reconciling a divided Supreme Court to a united judgement. Norman Silber tells Elman's story.

an Oral History Memoir In Mr. Elman's Words.

for The 50th Anniversary Of Brown V. Board Of Education, A Behind-the-scenes Look At An Unrecognized Giant Of American Legal History And One Of The Most Important Supreme Court Decisions In Our Country's History