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Imbeciles

the Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck
Oct 04, 2016MichelleinBallard rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Cohen's book, for the most part, covers ground already well broken by Paul A. Lombardo's 2008 "Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck V. Bell". I did, however, find Cohen's two chapters on Justice Holmes interesting, especially Holmes' strong ties to four important Zionist figures of his day--Louis Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, Walter Lippman, and Harold Laski. Though Cohen, understandably, makes no mention of Zionism and you'll have to turn elsewhere for that.