Chief justice

current Chief Justice of Texas, Nathan Hecht is a Republican from Dallas, Texas. Hecht was first elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1988 and then reelected to a six-year term in 1994, 2000, and 2006. He then secured his fifth six-year term on November 6, 2012. On September 10, 2013, Hecht was appointed Chief Justice by Governor Rick Perry and sworn in by retiring Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson on October 1, 2013. After Jefferson left office for retirement, Nathan Hecht became Chief Justice of Texas

succeeded the long-time justice, Warren found himself in the majority of a number of equal justice cases. These included, Loving v. Virginia, Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, James v. Maryland, Escobedo v. Illinois, and Miranda v. Arizona. In the 1960s and 70s, a number of commentators regarded Earl Warren as one of the greatest justices ever on the U.S. Supreme Court. Maybe, some contended, such as Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, that he was the best chief justice we ever had (Belknap,

seen the departure of five Justices. Chief Justice Rehnquist was replaced by Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice O’Connor was succeeded by Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Souter preceded Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Stevens was replaced by Justice Elena Kagan, and Justice Scalia was succeeded by Justice Neil Gorsuch. Predicting the current Court’s position on the precedent and the possibility of overturning the Roper holding can be assessed by investigating the justices’ Martin-Quinn scores, their

Chief Justice Earl Warren Earl Warren was born March 19, 1891 in Los Angeles, California. Earl’s father was a Norwegian immigrant, which left him dealing with prejudice and equal rights at a very young age (Grace, 1). This lead to early indications that law would be Earl’s profession. Even before entering High School, he listened to criminal cases at the Kern County courthouse. Attending the University of California at Berkeley, Warren worked his way through college. He majored in political science

Earl Warren was a politician and eventually a renown jurist. He served as the 30th Governor of California and the 14th Chief Justice of the U.S. As the 14th Chief Justice, he was in charge of the Warren Court, now known as one of the most liberal courts in the history of the U.S. Warren led landmark decisions like Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright, Reynolds v. Sims, and Miranda v. Arizona that strengthened the power of the judicial branch to be in par with the other two branches.

Chief Justice William Howard Taft was very influential in initiating improvements to the federal judicial system. William Taft, a former president, aided in the development of policies that would unify the judiciary system and aid in stream lining the federal judicial system. He enacted changes to the judicial system that improved the system immensely. The method that he used to achieve the many improvements that he enacted during his tenure as a Chief Justice was through legislative Acts such as

out of the T.V. “--and will do to the best of my ability” read the chief justice John Roberts Jr. “And will do to the best of my ability” repeated the promised adversary of individuality and equality. “Preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States” the chief justice continued. “Preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States” mimicked Mr. Trump. “So help me God” concluded the chief

Chief Justice Earl Warren accomplished a great deal before finally being appointed as the Chief Justice. He was elected as the Governor of California, and served three consecutive terms of office. In his early years he was the District Attorney in California and also served as the Attorney General of California. In his time as a District Attorney Warren earned himself a reputation for being tough on crime, he soon gained a statewide reputation as a tough, no-nonsense district attorney who fought

Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes states that “learning is not [liberal education’s] aim so much as intelligence served by learning.” I propose this statement can be broken down into two parts, one being the aim of liberal education is not learning and the other being human intelligence is in fact served by learning. I also find this statement to be strongly compatible with my ideology towards the college education system in America. First, I believe the existence of a difference between knowledge

1. How did the Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Marshall establish the principle of “judicial review?” Explain the doctrine and its genesis and discuss two major Supreme Court cases since 2000 that have reinforced judicial authority over the States using this principle. In 1803, Marbury v. Madison established a concept known as “judicial review”. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall stated “the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution