earl warren

     

He wrote that if a person in custody "cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for him... if he so desires"

Trivia about earl warren

  • The commission that investigated JFK's assassination was chaired by & named for this chief justice
  • He handed down the famous Brown v. Board of Education ruling 7 months after becoming chief justice
  • Eisenhower said his 2 biggest mistakes as president were nominating William Brennan & this chief justice
  • This future chief justice was Dewey's running mate when he didn't defeat Truman
  • It was this Eisenhower Chief Justice who wrote the Opinon of the Court in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954
  • On Sept. 30, 1953, Pres. Eisenhower named this California governor as Chief Justice of the U.S.
  • Governor of California from 1949 to 1953 & a Supreme Court Chief Justice, we confer on him the title of....
  • This 1948 running mate of Thomas Dewey later became chief justice
  • The 14th Chief Justice of the United States
  • In 1969 the title of chief justice passed from this Warren to Warren Burger
  • U.C. Berkeley has a legal institute named for this former governor & Chief Justice of the U.S.
  • A 3-time governor, as Chief Justice, he headed the official investigation into the assassination of JFK
  • In 1954 this chief justice wrote the opinion in the Brown v. Board of Education case
  • Under this Chief Justice, the court found in Griswold v. Connecticut a right to privacy in the penumbra of the Bill of Rights
  • 1953-1969
  • In 1948 Thomas Dewey "commissioned" this California governor as his vice presidential running mate
  • Pres. Eisenhower claimed that appointing him chief justice was the "biggest damfool mistake I ever made"
  • This future chief justice played a key role in securing the GOP nomination for Eisenhower
  • His headstone at Arlington mentions he had been governor of California & Chief Justice of the U.S.
  • Eisenhower said appointing him to the Supreme Court was "the biggest damn-fool mistake I ever made"
  • We commission you to name this chief who penned the opinion of the ruling outlawing public school segregation
  • This Chief led a commission before which 552 witnesses testified

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