| − | '''Earl Warren,''' (1891-1974) was an [[United States|American]] stateman and judge, best known for his role as Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court]] from 1953 to 1969. He was a liberal Republican, serving as governor of California, 1943-53, and as the GOP nominee fgor Vice President in 1948. He was one of the most influential Chief Justices, providing a liberal interprtetation of the Constitution that led to desegreagtion of all public schools, reapportionment on the bases of one-person one vote, ending of school-sanctioned prayers, and liberalization the criminal laws to protect the accused. He made the Court a power center on a more even base with Congress and the presidency especially through four landmark decisions: "Brown v. Board of Education" (1954), "Gideon v. Wainwright" (1963), "Reynolds v. Sims" (1964), and "Miranda v. Arizona" (1966). | + | '''Earl Warren,''' (1891-1974) was an [[United States|American]] stateman and judge, best known for his role as Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court]] from 1953 to 1969. He was a liberal Republican, serving as governor of California, 1943-53, and as the losing GOP nominee for Vice President in 1948. |
| | + | Warren was one of the most influential Chief Justices, providing a liberal interprtetation of the Constitution that led to desegreagtion of all public schools, reapportionment on the bases of one-person one vote, ending of school-sanctioned prayers, and liberalization the criminal laws to protect the accused. He made the Court a power center on a more even base with Congress and the presidency especially through four landmark decisions: "Brown v. Board of Education" (1954), "Gideon v. Wainwright" (1963), "Reynolds v. Sims" (1964), and "Miranda v. Arizona" (1966). |