Earl Warren Accomplishments

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Chief Justice Earl Warren was a man of many talents. He was an Army Veteran, Governor of California, Attorney General, and eventually served on the Supreme Court as Chief Justice. All of the roles that he filled throughout his life shaped him into a man that could, would and did change the American way in the late 50’s and 60’s. The Chief Justice Earl Warren was a legal scholar who interpreted the Constitution as a living document that needs to be understood in the context of modern time. His way of thinking was fresh to the American People and Government, therefore they were often highly critical towards his court. His critics needs to educate themselves about his life. If people were to look to his past for answers to their confusion towards his court opinions then they would see why he did what he did.

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His name was John Mullins. “Earl Warren you owe allegiance to no one except your God and your conscience.”(Memoirs: pg 69) Mullins was one of many chair that was silently fed up with the policies that trickled down from the incumbent. Those policies that did nothing for a small town called Emeryville polluted with gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging, following Oakland's crackdown on gambling in 1919. Therefore when election time came around candidates were highly criticized by their supporters on the board for their vote. Mullins despite his potential of losing his seat on the board of supervisors for changing his vote he rose and proposed Earl Warren’s name. Which encouraged a unanimous vote in his favor. In his memoirs he claims that he acted in “the spirit of independence” and no members suggested that he deviate from the act of “being his own man”. In conjunction with the support of the Governor of California, Friend Richardson, Earl Warren became District
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