Chief Justice Earl Warren
Many Supreme Court Justices have left behind some type of legacy. John Marshall for instance, through the Marbury v. Madison case he was able to confirm the establishment of judicial review- the ability of the Supreme Court to limit congressional power by declaring legislation unconstitutional. In his paper, I will be focusing on former Supreme Court Justice, Earl Warren. This paper explains his early life, law practices, and the legacy he left behind. Earl Warren was born in a traditional household whose values revolved around the importance of a good work ethic and education. Urged by his father, warren started school earlier than most children. Warren worked at his father’s job every summer since he was nine. His father worked as a railroad mechanic. There he was exposed to corruption and political dominance, that shaped his career. Few kids around that age worked unless they had to support their families. “The percentage of male children working at the ages of 10-14 in 1900 was 26.1 percent.” (Carter and Sutch, 1995).Based on Warren’s father decisions, it is easy …show more content…
“Warren viewed crime as mutually exclusive to poverty, education, social conditions, degradation, and standards of law enforcement.” (Accessed 5 Mar. 2017). Chief Jusice Warren believed crime could be stopped by ipmroving the conditions of communities. In a landmark case, Brown v. Board of Education, Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court. The Supreme Court held that “separate but equal” facilities are inherently unequal and violate the protections of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court also held that the segregation of public education based on race instilled a sense of lowliness that had a enormously harmful effect on the education and personal growth of African American
Many Supreme Court Justices have left behind some type of legacy. John Marshall for instance, through the Marbury v. Madison case he was able to confirm the establishment of judicial review- the ability of the Supreme Court to limit congressional power by declaring legislation unconstitutional. In his paper, I will be focusing on former Supreme Court Justice, Earl Warren. This paper explains his early life, law practices, and the legacy he left behind. Earl Warren was born in a traditional household whose values revolved around the importance of a good work ethic and education. Urged by his father, warren started school earlier than most children. Warren worked at his father’s job every summer since he was nine. His father worked as a railroad mechanic. There he was exposed to corruption and political dominance, that shaped his career. Few kids around that age worked unless they had to support their families. “The percentage of male children working at the ages of 10-14 in 1900 was 26.1 percent.” (Carter and Sutch, 1995).Based on Warren’s father decisions, it is easy …show more content…
“Warren viewed crime as mutually exclusive to poverty, education, social conditions, degradation, and standards of law enforcement.” (Accessed 5 Mar. 2017). Chief Jusice Warren believed crime could be stopped by ipmroving the conditions of communities. In a landmark case, Brown v. Board of Education, Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court. The Supreme Court held that “separate but equal” facilities are inherently unequal and violate the protections of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court also held that the segregation of public education based on race instilled a sense of lowliness that had a enormously harmful effect on the education and personal growth of African American