After all, advocates, including advocates for States, are l… - Felix Frankfurter

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After all, advocates, including advocates for States, are like managers of pugilistic and election contestants, in that they have a propensity for claiming everything.

Felix Frankfurter

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Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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