Pres. Eisenhower claimed that appointing him chief justice was the "biggest damfool mistake I ever made"
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EISENHOWER by Stephen E. Ambrose | Kirkus Reviews  Oct 10, 2011 ... The first volume of Ambrose's biography of Eisenhower, chiefly on ... the Bricker amendment, limiting the president's treaty-making power ... Then, confoundingly, there is the matter of Eisenhower's choice of Earl Warren for Chief Justice; ... Warren appointment was "the biggest damfool mistake I ever made.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikiquote  I told him that I wanted to be a real major league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. ..... So doing in this, my friends, we have neither sought nor claimed partisan credit, and ..... Biggest damfool mistake I ever made. Referring to his appointment of Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;...
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The Courts - 2012 Book Archive  In contrast, Supreme Court justices usually crave anonymity, avoid publicity, .... for the Federal Circuit, which hears appeals from US Courts of Federal Claims, ..... six of the justices seated in front of him, President Obama criticized the Supreme ..... said President Dwight D. Eisenhower about his appointment of Chief Justice...
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Historic Supreme Court Decisions LESSON 11C Shaping a New ...  4 ISSUE Marbury, a midnight judge, is denied his appointment because .... Abolitionists had him sue for his freedom DECISION Slaves are property and not .... The biggest damfool mistake I ever made Johnson The greatest chief justice of all ... 35 The Warren Court EARL WARREN ( ) Appointed by Dwight Eisenhower...
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Miranda v Arizona: Essay  May 27, 2011 ... the court appointed him 73-year old public defender Alvin Moore. Prosector ... The case was then sent to Chief Justice Warren. ... Dwight Eisenhower, who appointed Warren, later regretted his decision, saying a few years after the appointment that Warren was the Biggest damfool mistake I ever made..
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The Supreme Court | American History Lives at American Heritage  Only four associate justices have been promoted to Chief Justice: two directlyEdmund ... after first resigning from the CourtJohn Rutledge and Charles Evans Hughes. ... Four men were appointed in their 30's, eleven in their 60's. ... Evans Hughes in 1916 to run for President (he returned as Chief Justice in 1930); John...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme Court candidates - Wikipedia  Due to ill health, Justice Sherman ... the Presidential election of 1956, both ... Court Chief Justice Vanderbilt). ... Other factors playing into Brennan's appointment were his ... Within a week of Reed's retirement, on March 2, 1957, Eisenhower...
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Free Flashcards about SUPREME COURT - StudyStack  AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL, FUTURE SUPREME COURT NOMINEE ROBERT BORK ... THIS FUTURE CHIEF JUSTICE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN SECURING THE GOP NOMINATION FOR EISENHOWER, EARL WARREN ... FIRST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT AFTER TAFT, HE APPOINTED TAFT CHIEF JUSTICE...
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The Greatest Presidential Comebacks - POLITICO Magazine  Aug 27, 2016 ... Heading into election day in 1948, most everyone seemed certain ... CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, HARRY TRUMAN SHOULD QUIT. ... First, there was Thomas Dewey, a stiff, dour former prosecutor entirely lacking in common touch. ... the former Georgia governor sorely compromised his squeaky-clean...
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William Howard Taft - Wikipedia  William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857  March 8, 1930) served as the 27th President of the ... In 1904, Roosevelt made him Secretary of War and he became Roosevelt's hand-picked successor. Despite his personal ... In 1921, President Harding appointed Taft chief justice, an office he had long sought. Chief Justice Taft...
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President Eisenhower's Top 5 Most Disliked Contemporaries  A list of President Eisenhower's top five most disliked contemporaries. ... Eisenhower considered John Kennedy too young and inexperienced to be a ... Truman, in turn, was furious with Eisenhower's claim that there was a "mess" in ... Lyndon B. Johnson,. Democratic Senator from Texas 1949-61, U.S. President 1963-69
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Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes - PBS  The son of a minister who immigrated from Wales, Charles Evans Hughes was a ... when he was appointed to the Supreme Court by President William Howard Taft. ... Taft in 1930, President Herbert Hoover nominated Hughes to succeed him.
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J! Archive - Show #1318, aired 1990-05-02  When he didn't get along with this president, John C. Calhoun resigned as vice ... Early 19th century chief justice nicknamed "Silver Heels" because he had run...
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Brown v. Board of Education - Wikipedia  In spring 1953, the Court heard the case but was ... around a Brown opinion that would outlaw segregation. ... be same for a majority rather than unanimous decision, ... appointed Earl Warren as Chief Justice. ... However, Eisenhower invited Earl Warren to a...
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1. Justices Often Surprise the Presidents Who Pick Them - Four ...  May 26, 2009 ... President George H.W. Bush, right, and his Supreme Court Justice ... said the two biggest mistakes of his presidency were appointing Earl Warren and William Brennan, the leading forces behind the aggressively liberal court of the 1960s. But Eisenhower chose Warren  a bipartisan governor of California...
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8 of the Most Controversial US Supreme Court Nominees | Shmoop ...  Apr 26, 2010 ... U.S. Supreme Court Justices are unelected officials with lifelong ... The Scoop: In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson asked Supreme ... The Scoop: After Abe Fortas resigned in 1969, Nixon attempted to appoint Clement Haynsworth to .... Alito's ties to CAP proved to be weak at best, but he was careful not...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia  Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was an American politician and general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and ...... He held this position until January 20, 1953, when he became the President of the United States...
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Charles Evans Hughes - Columbia 250 - Columbia University  Known as a master of building consensus, the two-time Supreme Court justice Charles Evans Hughes was lauded for his ... He resigned from the bench in 1916 to run for president and returned to private ... Court of International Justice before President Herbert Hoover appointed him chief justice of the United States in 1930.
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Biography of Earl Warren  From 1920 until his retirement from the Supreme Court in 1969, he served ... Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren the fourteenth Chief Justice of the United States.
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Free Flashcards about AMERICAN GOV'T - StudyStack  SINCE 1970 THE ONLY CABINET DEPARTMENT NOT HEADED BY A ... WAS CREATED IN 1870, BUT THIS TOP JOB THERE HAD EXISTED SINCE 1789, ATTORNEY ..... SUPREME COURT JUSTICE APPOINTED BY EISENHOWER WHO...
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Charles Evans Hughes - Wikipedia  Hughes' appointment was opposed by progressive elements in both parties ... Hughes as Chief Justice swore in President Franklin D. Roosevelt in ... In 1937, when Roosevelt attempted to pack the Court with six...