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Jun 22, 2024 · Warren E. Burger was the 15th chief justice (1969–86) of the United States Supreme Court. After graduating with honours from St. Paul (now William Mitchell) College of Law in 1931, Burger joined a prominent St. Paul law firm and gradually became active in Republican Party politics.
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Jun 27, 2024 · The justices initially brought their own, but Chief Justice Warren E. Burger thought it looked “untidy” and ordered uniform chairs tailored to each new justice. Originally, the bench was ...
Jul 1, 2024 · Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, writing for a unanimous court in striking down the law, said that “the vast accumulations of unreviewable power in the modern media empire” did not permit the ...
6 days ago · Chief Justice Warren E. Burger underscored the point in a concurring opinion. “The immunity is limited to civil damages claims,” he wrote. United States v.
Jun 27, 2024 · Further, Chief Justice Warren Burger (1907–1995), a Nixon appointee and Warren’s successor, had delivered a speech in February 1981 lamenting that while there were “massive safeguards for accused persons” courts had failed to provide “elementary protection for its decent, law abiding citizens.”
Jun 26, 2024 · In this case, writing for the Court, which voted 7–2 in favor of Chadha, Chief Justice Warren Burger (1907–1995) argued that such actions by Congress violated the separation of powers because the veto is a legislative act.
6 days ago · By that measure, the court is extraordinarily polarized. Two of the four most conservative justices to serve since 1937 are on the current court: Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. (The others were Chief Justices William H. Rehnquist and Warren E. Burger.)
