Earl Warren

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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1953 to 1969 who led the unanimous Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decision, the Miranda v. Arizona (1966) decision requiring police to inform suspects of their rights, and the one-person-one-vote rulings that transformed legislative representation. President Eisenhower, who appointed Warren, later called it "the biggest damn-fool mistake I ever made."

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Jun 9, 1969 · judicial

Supreme Court upholds the Fairness Doctrine in Red Lion v. FCC

Jun 12, 1967 · judicial

Supreme Court strikes down interracial marriage bans in Loving

Mar 7, 1966 · judicial

Supreme Court upholds Voting Rights Act Section 5 preclearance in South Carolina v. Katzenbach

Mar 7, 1966 · judicial

SCOTUS upholds Voting Rights Act as constitutional in South Carolina v. Katzenbach

Jun 15, 1964 · judicial

SCOTUS establishes one person one vote in Reynolds v. Sims requiring equal-population districts

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