Justice Arthur Goldberg was born in New York City on October 6, 1895. He was educated at Harvard College, where he majored in mathematics, and at Columbia Law School, where he was the editor of the school newspaper, The Columbia Law Review. He worked as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis before becoming a trial attorney in 1925. During World War II, Justice Goldberg served as Chief Trial Counsel for the War Relocation Authority, the agency responsible for internment during World War II
He was nominated to the Supreme Court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 and served until his death in 1983.
I am surprised nothing has been made of the fact that astronaut Neil Armstrong carried no sidearms when he landed on the moon.Justice Arthur Goldberg
If Columbus had had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.Justice Arthur Goldberg
