Earl Warren — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1891–1974 · United States · Chief Justice

Earl Warren

The Warren Court

Rights expanded from the bench.

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Governance−24
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Social+44
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The Chief Justice whose Court desegregated schools, expanded due process and entrenched civil liberties — the judicial face of mid-century American social liberalism.

social

Landmark progressive on desegregation and due process.

economic

Mainstream mixed-economy liberal.

governance

Used the Court to entrench civil rights and civil liberties.

Notable for
  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Miranda rights
  • The Warren Court
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