Earl+Warren

=Earl Warren=

Earl Warren

Basic Work Political Figure, Governor of California, Supreme Court Chief Justice

Key work Earl Warren was appointed chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President Eisenhower in 1953. He led a unanimous Supreme Court ruling that banned segregation in the nation's schools in the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decision. At first he was thought to be a conservative, At first thought to be a conservative, Warren turned out to be a staunch liberal who effectively led the "Warren Court," which went on to make a number of rulings that broadened the platform of civil rights, including the barring of illegally seized evidence, and in 1961 the ruling on Miranda v. Arizona, which requires that arrested persons he informed of their right to counsel.

Why/How a shaker?

As a result of the decision for the Supreme Court case, the 14th amendment was ruled a violation of the Elastic clause and it helped to pave the way for integrated schools. This civil rights movement showed that the school systems were unfair and helped to make the education system evolve into a just system. Famous columnist Roger M. Grace stated that, "Legal commentators generally give him high ratings for his juridical achievements. However, there is probably no chief justice of the United States who evoked greater controversy in his time."

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