"Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism....We are now at the point where we must decide whether we are to honour the concept of a plural society which gains strength through diversity, or whether we are to have bitter fragmentation that will result in perpetual tension and strife." former Chief Justice Earl Warren (3/19/1891- 7/9/1974), addressing the National Press Club in April 1952.
Under him as Chief Justice from 1953 to 1969, the "Warren Court" issued some of the most impactful, progressive decisions of the century, including Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. Arizona, and Loving v. Virginia. Warren also chaired the presidential commission that investigated President Kennedy's assassination. A Republican of the kind that no longer exists, Warren served as Governor of California previously, and was appointed to the Court by President Dwight Eisenhower.
