Chief Justice Earl Warren

Introduction The US Supreme Court Justice that I chose to write about is Chief Justice Earl Warren. He was one of the most popular Supreme Court Justices only second to Chief Justice John Marshall. Earl Warren had a profound impact on the Supreme Court and United States of America. As Chief Justice, his term of office was marked by numerous rulings on civil rights, separation of church and state, and police arrest procedure in the United States.
Background
Earl Warren, was an American public official and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States. Was born in Los Angeles, California in 1891 and graduated from the University of California Law School in 1912 (Adams, 2007). Warren was admitted to the bar in 1914, he practiced in Oakland, Calif., and held several local offices. He served as state attorney general and was governor of California from 1943 to 1953, also was a district attorney for Alameda County in California (Adams, 2007). In 1948 he was the unsuccessful candidate for Vice President on the Republican ticket headed by Thomas E. Dewey. Warren is one of only two people to be elected Governor of California three times.
In 1919 Warren became the clerk to the Judiciary Committee, a potent force in the California Legislature at that time (Adams, 2007). He rose quickly to deputy city attorney of Oakland and then to deputy district attorney, chief deputy in 1923, and district attorney of Alameda County two years later in 1925. During his 14 years as district attorney, he prosecuted thousands of criminal cases in an unrelenting fight against crime (Spencer, 2009). In three terms as governor he reorganized the state government and secured major reform legislation--modernizing the state 's hospital system, prisons, and highways, and expanding old-age and unemployment