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Through The Supreme Justices Eyes
IN THE CHIEF JUSTICES EYES
“The Supreme Court is known and referred to as many things such as, the court of judgment, a court of last resort, a court of instance, the high court or the highest court, and the final decision.” (Abraham 1992) The Supreme Court is in most jurisdictions serves as the highest judicial body within that jurisdiction's court system, and whose rulings are final and not subject to further review by any other court. When analyzing the Supreme Court, the perspective of the Chief Justice becomes the generalization for the Court as a whole because, when each new Chief Justice is appointed, the view of the Court tends to change or alter. There have been significant changes that the Supreme Court has gone through over the last half century with the changing of judges presiding over the Supreme Court. Taking a look into these periods where there were significant changes that occurred we have to examine the Supreme Court when it was lead by Chief Justice Earl Warrenand then by Chief Justice William Rehnquist. In 1953 to 1969 the Supreme Court Chief Justice was Earl Warren, who was a liberal and in 1986 to 2005 the Supreme Court Chief Justice was Chief William H. Rehnquist, who was well known asa staunch conservative. Both were part of the Republican Party but however they had completely different views on how the decisions of the Supreme Court should be made and would be made.
First lets begin with Earl Warren, (1891-1974) he was an American statesman and judge, with a strong knowledge about the working labor man, was best known for his role as Chief Justice on the Supreme Court from 1953 to 1969. He was a liberal Republican, attorney general for the state of California, 1938 -1942, served as governor of California, 1943-53, and as the losing GOP nominee for Vice President in 1948. Chief Justice, Earl Warren can be defined as an activist judge who pushed for a liberal interpretation of the Constitution and more powerful role for the...
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