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The Warren Court was the period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1953 to 1969 when Earl Warren served as the chief justice. The Warren Court is often considered the most liberal court in U.S. history. The Warren Court expanded civil rights, civil liberties, judicial power, and the federal power in dramatic ways.
Warren Court decisions This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the Warren Court , the tenure of Chief Justice Earl Warren , from October 5, 1953, through June 23, 1969.
Opposition to his nomination centered on his perceived willingness to roll back the civil rights rulings of the Warren and Burger courts, and his role in the Saturday Night Massacre during the Watergate scandal. On October 23, 1987, the United States Senate rejected Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court by a roll-call vote of 42–58 ...
Sanders (1964), it was part of a series of Warren Court cases that applied the principle of "one person, one vote" to U.S. legislative bodies. Prior to the case, numerous state legislative chambers had districts containing unequal populations; for example, in the Nevada Senate , the smallest district had 568 people, while the largest had ...
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts slammed what he described as “dangerous” talk by some officials about ignoring federal court rulings, using an annual report weeks before President ...
It includes United States Supreme Court cases that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Cases of the Supreme Court of the United States decided by the Warren Court , the period during the tenure of Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953–69).
The court next week is due to hear arguments in a challenge to the constitutionality of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) funding. Trade groups representing the payday lending ...
Warren Buffett's HomeServices was among the defendants found liable for a verdict that could climb to more than $5 billion. ... that figure can be tripled to over $5 billion, at the court’s ...