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'''Earl Warren,''' (1891-1974) was an [[United States|American]] stateman and judge, best known for his role as Chief Justice on 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.   
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'''Earl Warren,''' (1891-1974) was an [[United States|American]] statesman and judge, best known for his role as Chief Justice on 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 an activist judge who pushed for a liberal interpretation of the Constitution and more powerful role for the judiciary.  Under his leadership, the [[Warren Court]] repeatedly ruled in favor of criminals and against prayer in school.
 
Warren was an activist judge who pushed for a liberal interpretation of the Constitution and more powerful role for the judiciary.  Under his leadership, the [[Warren Court]] repeatedly ruled in favor of criminals and against prayer in school.
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* Warren, Earl. ''The Public Papers of Chief Justice Earl Warren'', ed. by Henry M. Christman; (1959), speeches and decisions, 1946-1958 [http://www.questia.com/read/6131221?title=The%20Public%20Papers%20of%20Chief%20Justice%20Earl%20Warren online edition].
 
* Warren, Earl. ''The Public Papers of Chief Justice Earl Warren'', ed. by Henry M. Christman; (1959), speeches and decisions, 1946-1958 [http://www.questia.com/read/6131221?title=The%20Public%20Papers%20of%20Chief%20Justice%20Earl%20Warren online edition].
 
* Rawls, James J. "The Earl Warren Oral History Project: an Appraisal." ''Pacific Historical Review'' 1987 56(1): 87-97. Begun during the 1960s by the Bancroft Library's Regional Oral History Office, the collection includes more than 50 volumes of interviews recorded and transcribed during 1971-81, totaling about 12,000 pages.
 
* Rawls, James J. "The Earl Warren Oral History Project: an Appraisal." ''Pacific Historical Review'' 1987 56(1): 87-97. Begun during the 1960s by the Bancroft Library's Regional Oral History Office, the collection includes more than 50 volumes of interviews recorded and transcribed during 1971-81, totaling about 12,000 pages.
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