Because of the many failedĪttempts at challenging these restrictive laws in the courts, some expected thatĬourt of public opinion would prove more conducive to change than legal contests.Įrnst served as ACLU general counsel from 1929 to 1955, and he and co-counsel
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Constitution, including civil libertiesĪnd free speech, regardless of the subject matter. Liberties and rights guaranteed by the U.S. Its mission was, and is, to defend individual The ACLU grew out of the National Civil Liberties Bureau in response to laws passedĭuring World War I that restricted civil liberties Ernst's ties to the organizationīegan shortly after its 1920 founding. Was with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Yet it is conceivable that Ernst's most important partnership Giving them equal responsibilities one of the most capable, Harriet F.
The firm also pioneered inĮmployment practices, prominently hiring women and African-American lawyers and Often, the firm's successĬorporate or mortgage law cases paid for Ernst's dabbling in civil liberties cases,Īn exchange that brought the firm ample publicity. Through Ernst's influence, the firm added the representation of literaryįigures and publishing companies to its specialties. The legal firm of Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst (1915-1982) specialized in realĮstate law. Graduation, his old friends Lawrence and Edward Greenbaum invited him to joinįledgling firm along with Herbert A. It was only after a chance meeting with a former WilliamsĬlassmate that Ernst decided to attend night school at New York Law School. Including Lawrence and Edward Greenbaum, as well as the columnist Heywood Broun.Īfter college, Ernst worked in a shirt factory and then as a bookkeeper and salesmanĪt a furniture company. While at Williams College, Ernst developed some of his most important friendships, Intensely ambitious even at 15, Ernst took the entry exams for During times of prosperity, ErnstĪttended the Horace Mann School and then Williams College, to which he maintained The family's fortunes fluctuated over the years. The Ernst family moved to New York City when Morris was two.Įrnst's father was a moderately successful salesman and real estate speculator, Morris Leopold Ernst was born in Uniontown, Alabama, on August 23, 1888, the son ofĬarl Ernst, an immigrant from Pilsen, Bohemia, and Sarah Bernheim, the daughter In addition to the following text, a more detailed chronology of Ernst's One of the most influential civil liberties lawyers of the twentieth century, MorrisĮrnst championed cases that expanded Americans' rights to privacy and freedomĬensorship. The Ransom Center gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the NationalĮndowment for the Humanities, which provided funds for the preservation and Notably regarding literary censorship and obscenity, but also civil libertiesįree speech privacy birth control unions and organized labor copyright, libel,Īnd slander big business and monopolies postal rates literacy and many other The papers chiefly reflect the variety of issues Ernst dealt with professionally, Galley proofs clippings scrapbooks audio recordings photographs and ephemera. Reports, briefs, and other legal documents handwritten and typed manuscripts Through correspondence and memoranda research materials and notes minutes, Morris Leopold Ernst: An Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Centerĥ90 boxes (260.93 linear feet), 47 galley folders (gf), 30 oversize foldersĪmerican attorney and author Morris L.