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The Warren Court and the Pursuit of Justice, 50 Wash
Washington and Lee Law Review Volume 50 | Issue 1 Article 4 Winter 1-1-1993 The aW rren Court And The Pursuit Of Justice Morton J. Horwitz Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlulr Part of the Constitutional Law Commons Recommended Citation Morton J. Horwitz, The Warren Court And The Pursuit Of Justice, 50 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 5 (1993), https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlulr/vol50/iss1/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington and Lee Law Review at Washington & Lee University School of Law Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Washington and Lee Law Review by an authorized editor of Washington & Lee University School of Law Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE WARREN COURT AND THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE MORTON J. HoRwiTz* From 1953, when Earl Warren became Chief Justice, to 1969, when Earl Warren stepped down as Chief Justice, a constitutional revolution occurred. Constitutional revolutions are rare in American history. Indeed, the only constitutional revolution prior to the Warren Court was the New Deal Revolution of 1937, which fundamentally altered the relationship between the federal government and the states and between the government and the economy. Prior to 1937, there had been great continuity in American constitutional history. The first sharp break occurred in 1937 with the New Deal Court. The second sharp break took place between 1953 and 1969 with the Warren Court. Whether we will experience a comparable turn after 1969 remains to be seen. -
Student's Name
California State & Local Government In Crisis, 6th ed., by Walt Huber CHAPTER 6 QUIZ - © January 2006, Educational Textbook Company 1. Which of the following is NOT an official of California's plural executive? (p. 78) a. Attorney General b. Speaker of the Assembly c. Superintendent of Public Instruction d. Governor 2. Which of the following are requirements for a person seeking the office of governor? (p. 78) a. Qualified to vote b. California resident for 5 years c. Citizen of the United States d. All of the above 3. Which of the following is NOT a gubernatorial power? (p. 79) a. Real estate commissioner b. Legislative leader c. Commander-in-chief of state militia d. Cerimonial and political leader 4. What is the most important legislative weapon the governor has? (p. 81) a. Line item veto b. Full veto c. Pocket veto d. Final veto 5. What is required to override a governor's veto? (p. 81) a. Simple majority (51%). b. Simple majority in house, two-thirds vote in senate. c. Two-thirds vote in both houses. d. None of the above. 6. Who is considered the most important executive officer in California after the governor? (p. 83) a. Lieutenant Governor b. Attorney General c. Secretary of State d. State Controller 1 7. Who determines the policies of the Department of Education? (p. 84) a. Governor b. Superintendent of Public Instruction c. State Board of Education d. State Legislature 8. What is the five-member body that is responsible for the equal assessment of all property in California? (p. -
Highly Partisan Reception Greets Palin As V.P. Pick
ABC NEWS POLL: THE PALIN PICK EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AFTER 7 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5, 2008 Highly Partisan Reception Greets Palin as V.P. Pick Sarah Palin is receiving a highly partisan reception on the national political stage, with significant public doubts about her readiness to serve as president, yet majority approval of both her selection by John McCain and her willingness to join the Republican ticket. Given the sharp political divisions she inspires, Palin’s initial impact on vote preferences and on views of McCain looks like a wash, and, contrary to some prognostication, she does not draw disproportionate support from women. But she could potentially assist McCain by energizing the GOP base, in which her reviews are overwhelmingly positive. Half of Americans have a favorable first impression of Palin, 37 percent unfavorable, with the rest undecided. Her positive ratings soar to 85 percent among Republicans, 81 percent among her fellow evangelical white Protestants and 74 percent of conservatives. Just a quarter of Democrats agree, with independents in the middle. Favorable Ratings ABC News poll 100% Democrats Independents Republicans 85% 77% 75% 53% 52% 50% 27% 24% 25% 0% Palin Biden Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, is similarly rated, with slightly fewer unfavorable views and partisanship running in the opposite direction. Palin: Biden: Favorable Unfavorable Favorable Unfavorable All 50% 37 54% 30 Democrats 24 63 77 9 Independents 53 34 52 31 Republicans 85 7 27 60 Men 54 37 55 35 Women 47 36 54 27 IMPACT – The public by a narrow 6-point margin, 25 percent to 19 percent, says Palin’s selection makes them more likely to support McCain, less than the 12-point positive impact of Biden on the Democratic ticket (22 percent more likely to support Barack Obama, 10 percent less so). -
Picking the Vice President
Picking the Vice President Elaine C. Kamarck Brookings Institution Press Washington, D.C. Contents Introduction 4 1 The Balancing Model 6 The Vice Presidency as an “Arranged Marriage” 2 Breaking the Mold 14 From Arranged Marriages to Love Matches 3 The Partnership Model in Action 20 Al Gore Dick Cheney Joe Biden 4 Conclusion 33 Copyright 36 Introduction Throughout history, the vice president has been a pretty forlorn character, not unlike the fictional vice president Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays in the HBO seriesVEEP . In the first episode, Vice President Selina Meyer keeps asking her secretary whether the president has called. He hasn’t. She then walks into a U.S. senator’s office and asks of her old colleague, “What have I been missing here?” Without looking up from her computer, the senator responds, “Power.” Until recently, vice presidents were not very interesting nor was the relationship between presidents and their vice presidents very consequential—and for good reason. Historically, vice presidents have been understudies, have often been disliked or even despised by the president they served, and have been used by political parties, derided by journalists, and ridiculed by the public. The job of vice president has been so peripheral that VPs themselves have even made fun of the office. That’s because from the beginning of the nineteenth century until the last decade of the twentieth century, most vice presidents were chosen to “balance” the ticket. The balance in question could be geographic—a northern presidential candidate like John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts picked a southerner like Lyndon B. -
Suffolk University Virginia General Election Voters SUPRC Field
Suffolk University Virginia General Election Voters AREA N= 600 100% DC Area ........................................ 1 ( 1/ 98) 164 27% West ........................................... 2 51 9% Piedmont Valley ................................ 3 134 22% Richmond South ................................. 4 104 17% East ........................................... 5 147 25% START Hello, my name is __________ and I am conducting a survey for Suffolk University and I would like to get your opinions on some political questions. We are calling Virginia households statewide. Would you be willing to spend three minutes answering some brief questions? <ROTATE> or someone in that household). N= 600 100% Continue ....................................... 1 ( 1/105) 600 100% GEND RECORD GENDER N= 600 100% Male ........................................... 1 ( 1/106) 275 46% Female ......................................... 2 325 54% S2 S2. Thank You. How likely are you to vote in the Presidential Election on November 4th? N= 600 100% Very likely .................................... 1 ( 1/107) 583 97% Somewhat likely ................................ 2 17 3% Not very/Not at all likely ..................... 3 0 0% Other/Undecided/Refused ........................ 4 0 0% Q1 Q1. Which political party do you feel closest to - Democrat, Republican, or Independent? N= 600 100% Democrat ....................................... 1 ( 1/110) 269 45% Republican ..................................... 2 188 31% Independent/Unaffiliated/Other ................. 3 141 24% Not registered -
Earl Warren: a Political Biography, by Leo Katcher; Warren: the Man, the Court, the Era, by John Weaver
Indiana Law Journal Volume 43 Issue 3 Article 14 Spring 1968 Earl Warren: A Political Biography, by Leo Katcher; Warren: The Man, The Court, The Era, by John Weaver William F. Swindler College of William and Mary Follow this and additional works at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ilj Part of the Judges Commons, and the Legal Biography Commons Recommended Citation Swindler, William F. (1968) "Earl Warren: A Political Biography, by Leo Katcher; Warren: The Man, The Court, The Era, by John Weaver," Indiana Law Journal: Vol. 43 : Iss. 3 , Article 14. Available at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ilj/vol43/iss3/14 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Journals at Digital Repository @ Maurer Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Indiana Law Journal by an authorized editor of Digital Repository @ Maurer Law. For more information, please contact [email protected]. BOOK REVIEWS EARL WARREN: A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY. By Leo Katcher. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. Pp. i, 502. $8.50. WARREN: THEi MAN, THE COURT, THE ERA. By John D. Weaver. Boston: Little. Brown & Co., 1967. Pp. 406. $7.95. Anyone interested in collecting a bookshelf of serious reading on the various Chief Justices of the United States is struck at the outset by the relative paucity of materials available. Among the studies of the Chief Justices of the twentieth century there is King's Melville Weston, Fuller,' which, while not definitive, is reliable and adequate enough to have merited reprinting in the excellent paperback series being edited by Professor Philip Kurland of the University of Chicago. -
John S. Mccain III • Born in Panama on August 29, 1936 • Nicknamed
John S. McCain III • Born in Panama on August 29, 1936 • Nicknamed ”The Maverick” for not being afraid to disagree with his political party (Republican) • Naval aviator during the Vietnam War • Prisoner of war in Vietnam from 1967-1973 • Arizona senator since 1986 • Republican nominee for president of the United States in 2008 McCain in the Navy McCain’s father and grandfather were both admirals in the Navy. He followed in their footsteps and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1958. He is pictured here with his parents and his younger brother, Joe. His son, Jimmy, also became an officer in the Navy McCain in training (1965) As the U.S. began to increase the number of troops in Vietnam in 1965, McCain was training to become a fighter pilot. On October 26, 1967, his A-4 Skyhawk was shot down by a missile as he was flying over Hanoi. He was badly injured when he was pulled from Truc Bach Lake by North Vietnamese. Shot Down McCain’s bomber was hit by a surface-to-air missile on Oct. 26, 1967, destroying the aircraft’s right wing. According to McCain, the plane entered an “inverted, almost straight-down spin,” and he ejected. But the sheer force of the ejection broke his right leg and both arms, knocking him unconscious, the report said. McCain came to as he landed in a lake, but burdened by heavy equipment, he sank straight to the bottom. Able to kick to the surface momentarily for air, he somehow managed to activate his life preserver with his teeth. -
Getting to Know the Candidates
C M Y K C12 DAILY 01-29-08 MD RE C12 CMYK C12 Tuesday, January 29, 2008 R The Washington Post Last week’s survey Bee 10.4% asked: What is your Butterfly 35.1% favorite insect? Cockroach 8.4% More than 450 SAYS readers Ladybug 21.8% SURVEY responded: I don’t like bugs! 24.3% WEATHER has traveled around to be studied TODAY’S NEWS by paleontologists, the U.S. space SPEAK OUT agency and the National Geo- Hadrosaur’s Roaming graphic Society. THIS WEEK’S TOPIC Unlike most collections of Days Are Almost Over bones found in museums, this K Dakota the duckbilled dinosaur hadrosaur was found with fossil- Super Bowl Pick is going home to North Dakota. ized skin, ligaments, tendons and BY DIANE BONDAREFF — RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART VIA AP The New York Giants and the The 65-million-year-old fossil- possibly some internal organs, re- Wim Hof is head and shoulders above TODAY: Cloudy; New England Patriots meet other ice-bath record seekers. ized hadrosaur, found in North searchers said. rain likely. Sunday in Super Bowl XLII Dakota’s Badlands in 1999, will It was found by a high school (42). The Patriots have 18 wins be ready for display at the State student who spotted its bony tail Cold? Think Again HIGH LOW and no losses this season and Historical Society in Bismarck in while hiking on his uncle’s are trying to notch the longest early June. Since the discovery, it ranch. K Most people try to stay out of 50 38 perfect season in pro football the cold during winter. -
For Obama, Being Right Is No Longer Enough
Unexpected and Expected Surprises in the Campaign Lincoln Mitchell, Harriman Institute, Columbia University Posted: 07/12/2012 10:09 pm The general election is now less than four months away. The election itself has taken on the predictable rhythm of many presidential elections. The primaries were less contested than usual as the Democratic incumbent had no challengers, not even a protest candidate of some kind; and the Republican challenger did not have any serious opposition throughout much of the race. Not surprisingly, the main issue in the race remains the economy as President Barack Obama is seeking to make the argument that while the economy still has its problems, due to his policies, it is moving in the right direction. Republican challenger Mitt Romney's campaign is arguing that the economy is still in terrible shape and that only the magic of more tax cuts can turn it around. None of this is unusual and, if nothing else happens, this will likely lead to a narrow, but unambiguous victory for President Obama. Something, however, almost always happens. With four months to go, there are numerous ways the race can be changed. In July of 2008, for example, the financial meltdown had still not occurred. Similarly events such as economic crises, natural disasters, terrorist attacks or other dramatic occurrences could occur at any time and change the nature of the campaign. These types of things are unlikely to occur and almost impossible to foresee in advance. Moreover, it is difficult to know in advance which candidate they will help or hurt. -
CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT EARL WARREN-T
THE YALE LAW JOURNAL VOLUME 67 JANUARY, 1958 NUMBER 3 CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT EARL WARREN-t Delivered at the Yale University ceremonies commemorating the centennial of the birth of William Howard Taft. WE commemorate a centennial. In an arbitrary sense, the passage of a hundred years, like any other unit of measure, is in itself neither important nor unimportant; its only significance derives from the transactions and changes to which it is applied. But, from the standpoint of perspective and, more especi- ally, as a review of the course of a dynamic country which, by history's reckon- ing, still is young, but which within ten decades has attained the position of foremost influence in the free world, it is a long period ponderous with impli- cation. The population has grown from less than 32,000,000 to more than 165,000,000; it has been a time of extraordinary mechanical and scientific progress; abroad, old civilizations have fallen and new societies take their place; ancient values have been tested and some have been dismissed and some revised; the world has grown smaller in every way. Considered in these terms the century, and the seventy-two years which William Howard Taft spent in it, assume stature, dimension and character. Apart from the pervasive personality, the Taft story is a review of the com- pilations of Martindale, the Ohio Blue Book, and the Official Register of the United States. Actually, it is an odyssey, the narrative of a long journey beset with detours, delays, distraction and a sometimes receding destination. -
Senator John Mccain Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza Brochure
I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else’s. I loved it not just for the many comforts of life here. I loved it for its decency; for its faith in the wisdom, justice and goodness of its people. I loved it because it was not just a place, but an idea, a cause worth fighting for. I was never the same again. I wasn’t my own man anymore. I was my country’s. Senator John McCain 1936 - 2018 SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAZA In recognition and respect of all Vietnam Veterans, the City of Peoria is proud to expand and enhance the Vietnam Memorial Plaza. DONOR CAMPAIGN To ensure this memorial forever serves as a place of reflection and learning, the City of Peoria is enlarging the plaza and adding new elements, which will allow even more visitors to honor, reflect, and learn about our military history. We are requesting your support to make these improvements a reality; and for the first time ever, your commitment will be permanently exhibited at the plaza and visible to the more than 500,000 people who visit the award-winning Rio Vista Community Park each year. Sponsorship opportunities are noted on the back page. Existing memorial PLANNED ENHANCEMENTS AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SPONSOR NAME HERE Pedestal Permanent Sponsorship Memorial Benches Opportunities Permanent Sponsorship Opportunity SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAZA SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Tier I Sponsors who donate $15,000 Tier II Sponsors who donate or more will receive: $10,000 – $14,999 will receive: • Recognition -
A New Fourteenth Amendment: the Decline of State Action, Fundamental Rights and Suspect Classifications Under the Burger Court
Chicago-Kent Law Review Volume 56 Issue 3 Article 6 October 1980 A New Fourteenth Amendment: The Decline of State Action, Fundamental Rights and Suspect Classifications under the Burger Court David F. Schwartz Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation David F. Schwartz, A New Fourteenth Amendment: The Decline of State Action, Fundamental Rights and Suspect Classifications under the Burger Court, 56 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 865 (1980). Available at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/vol56/iss3/6 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chicago-Kent Law Review by an authorized editor of Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. A "NEW" FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT: THE DECLINE OF STATE ACTION, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, AND SUSPECT CLASSIFICATIONS UNDER THE BURGER COURT DAVID F. SCHWARTZ* Headlines and great national debate greeted Warren Court deci- sions in areas such as race relations, legislative apportionment, and the rights of nonracial minorities. However, beneath the spotlight focusing on substantive questions, there existed a more significant procedural orientation toward providing certain interests with extraordinary judi- cial protection from hostile governmental action. In the broad areas of state action, fundamental rights, and suspect classifications, this orien- tation resulted in significant limits on state power. During the 1970's, the Burger Court' demonstrated unmistakable hostility to what had become the traditional legal views in those three areas and thus severely eroded many limitations on state power.