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'''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.

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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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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).

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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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