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Justice Clark was the only Texan to have ever served on the U.S. Supreme Court, having graduated from the University of Texas in 1922.  Clark resigned prematurely from the Court in 1967 when his son [[Ramsey Clark]] became [[Attorney General]].  As a retired Justice Clark was authorized to preside in eleven U.S. Circuits and in federal district court.  

Justice Clark was the only Texan to have ever served on the U.S. Supreme Court, having graduated from the University of Texas in 1922.  Clark resigned prematurely from the Court in 1967 when his son [[Ramsey Clark]] became [[Attorney General]].  As a retired Justice Clark was authorized to preside in eleven U.S. Circuits and in federal district court.  

Justice Clark is best known for opposing the Communists during the Cold War, as one of four appointments to the [[Supreme Court]] by President Truman who consistently ruled in favor of anticommunist policies. Personally, Justice Clark worked the hardest at improving judicial administration.<ref>http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/clark/clark.html</ref>

Clark is best known for his coverup of the ''[[Amerasia]]'' spy case.  When foreign service officer [[John Stewart Service]] was arrested in 1945 for passing secrets to the pro-Communist magazine ''Amerasia'', Presidential assistant [[Lauchlin Currie]] went to former FDR chief of staff [[Thomas Corcoran]], who in turn went yo Attorney General Tom Clark.  Service was not indicted, and ''Amerasia'' owner [[Philip Jaffe]], a close associate of [[CPUSA]] general Secretary [[Earl Browder]], got off with a small fine. The value to the [[Soviet]]s of the ''Amerasia'' espionage operations, protected by corruption and special favors was grasped only after the decryption of the [[Venona]] messages.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/stalins-agents</ref>

Justice Clark voted with the [[Warren Court]] on criminal law, writing the majority opinion in the "exclusionary rule" case of ''[[Mapp v. Ohio]]''.  Justice Clark also wrote the opinion invalidating daily Bible readings in public schools in ''[[Abington School District v. Schempp]]''.

Justice Clark voted with the [[Warren Court]] on criminal law, writing the majority opinion in the "exclusionary rule" case of ''[[Mapp v. Ohio]]''.  Justice Clark also wrote the opinion invalidating daily Bible readings in public schools in ''[[Abington School District v. Schempp]]''.

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