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| | '''Tom C. Clark''' (1899-1977), served as the United States Attorney General from 1945 to 1949 and, after appointed by President [[Harry S Truman]], served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1949 to 1967. | | '''Tom C. Clark''' (1899-1977), served as the United States Attorney General from 1945 to 1949 and, after appointed by President [[Harry S Truman]], served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1949 to 1967. |
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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 because his son [[Ramsey Clark]] became [[Attorney General]]. Clark then continued 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 because 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. |
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| − | 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> | + | 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> |
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| − | 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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| − | President Truman became angry at Justice Clark when he voted against Truman's seizure of the steel mills in ''[[Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer]]'', despite Truman's impression that Clark supported as [[Attorney General]] a legality for the seizure. | + | President Truman became angry at Justice Clark when he voted against Truman's seizure of the steel mills in ''[[Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer]]'', despite Truman's impression that Clark supported as Attorney General the legality of the seizure. |
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| | [[category:United States Supreme Court Justices]] | | [[category:United States Supreme Court Justices]] |
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