 Brandeis was succeeded by Protestant William O. Douglas , but Cardozo was succeeded by another Jewish Justice , Felix Frankfurter . Negative reaction to the appointment of the early Jewish justices did not exclusively come from outside the Court . Justice James Clark McReynolds , a blatant anti @-@ semite , refused to speak to Brandeis for three years following the latter 's appointment and when Brandeis retired in 1939 , did not sign the customary dedicatory letter sent to Court members on their retirement . During Benjamin Cardozo 's swearing in ceremony McReynolds pointedly read a newspaper muttering " another one " and did not attend that of Felix Frankfurter , exclaiming " My God , another Jew on the Court ! " 
