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==Political career==
==Political career==
===Eisenhower Administration===
===Eisenhower Administration===
Brownell was successful in his efforts for President Eisenhower to appoint pro-civil rights judges into federal judicial positions.<ref name=chicagotribune>New York Times News Service (May 4, 1996). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-05-04-9605040085-story.html HERBERT BROWNELL JR., IKE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL]. ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref>
Brownell was successful in his efforts for President Eisenhower to appoint pro-civil rights judges into federal judicial positions.<ref name=chicagotribune>New York Times News Service (May 4, 1996). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-05-04-9605040085-story.html HERBERT BROWNELL JR., IKE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL]. ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref> He proved crucial in the appointment of [[Earl Warren]] to the [[United States Supreme Court]], led the [[DOJ]] in filing a brief to the Court in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'', and later convinced Eisenhower to send troops to enforce integration in [[Arkansas]].<ref>Zak, Michael (February 20, 2007). [https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/02/herbert_brownell_gop_civil_rig.html Herbert Brownell, GOP civil rights hero]. ''American Thinker''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref>
An outspoken opponent of [[communist]] sedition, Brownell recommended to Eisenhower in 1953 that calls to give clemency to [[Julius Rosenberg|Julius]] and [[Ethel Rosenberg]] be rejected.<ref name=chicagotribune/> The Rosenbergs were ultimately executed for conspiring to hand U.S. nuclear secrets to the [[Soviet Union]]. However, Brownell also worked secretly to undermine the "excesses" of [[Joseph McCarthy]],<ref name=encyclopedia.com/> a Wisconsin Republican senator who exposed communist infiltration of the [[United States State Department]] and the [[U.S. Army]].
An outspoken opponent of [[communist]] sedition, Brownell recommended to Eisenhower in 1953 that calls to give clemency to [[Julius Rosenberg|Julius]] and [[Ethel Rosenberg]] be rejected.<ref name=chicagotribune/> The Rosenbergs were ultimately executed for conspiring to hand U.S. nuclear secrets to the [[Soviet Union]]. However, Brownell also worked secretly to undermine the "excesses" of [[Joseph McCarthy]],<ref name=encyclopedia.com/> a Wisconsin Republican senator who exposed communist infiltration of the [[United States State Department]] and the [[U.S. Army]].