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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.  
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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]].  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>
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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>
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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]]''.
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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]]''.
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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.
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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 the legality of the seizure.
    
== References ==
 
== References ==
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[[category:United States Supreme Court Justices]]
 
[[category:United States Supreme Court Justices]]
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[[category:New Deal Era]]
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