Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made
In Justice for All, Jim Newton, an award-winning journalist at the Los Angeles Times, brings readers the first truly comprehensive consideration of Earl Warren. Drawing on unparalleled access to governmental, academic, and private documents pertaining to Warren's life, Newton illuminates both the public and the private Warren. As attorney general and then governor of California, and as chief justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969, Earl Warren changed the lives of millions of Americans and reshaped the role of the Supreme Court in American life. By overseeing landmark cases that desegregated schools (Brown v. Board of Education), established a constitutional right of privacy (Griswold v. Connecticut), outlawed prayer in public schools (Engel v. Vitale), and revolutionized police procedure (Miranda v. Arizona), Warren became a target for conservative ideologues. But he also carved a place in history for himself as one of the Supreme Court's most respected justices. This is a monumental biography of a complicated and principled figure and a seminal work of twentieth-century American history.
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Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made
In Justice for All, Jim Newton, an award-winning journalist at the Los Angeles Times, brings readers the first truly comprehensive consideration of Earl Warren. Drawing on unparalleled access to governmental, academic, and private documents pertaining to Warren's life, Newton illuminates both the public and the private Warren. As attorney general and then governor of California, and as chief justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969, Earl Warren changed the lives of millions of Americans and reshaped the role of the Supreme Court in American life. By overseeing landmark cases that desegregated schools (Brown v. Board of Education), established a constitutional right of privacy (Griswold v. Connecticut), outlawed prayer in public schools (Engel v. Vitale), and revolutionized police procedure (Miranda v. Arizona), Warren became a target for conservative ideologues. But he also carved a place in history for himself as one of the Supreme Court's most respected justices. This is a monumental biography of a complicated and principled figure and a seminal work of twentieth-century American history.
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Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made

Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made

by Jim Newton
Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made

Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made

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In Justice for All, Jim Newton, an award-winning journalist at the Los Angeles Times, brings readers the first truly comprehensive consideration of Earl Warren. Drawing on unparalleled access to governmental, academic, and private documents pertaining to Warren's life, Newton illuminates both the public and the private Warren. As attorney general and then governor of California, and as chief justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969, Earl Warren changed the lives of millions of Americans and reshaped the role of the Supreme Court in American life. By overseeing landmark cases that desegregated schools (Brown v. Board of Education), established a constitutional right of privacy (Griswold v. Connecticut), outlawed prayer in public schools (Engel v. Vitale), and revolutionized police procedure (Miranda v. Arizona), Warren became a target for conservative ideologues. But he also carved a place in history for himself as one of the Supreme Court's most respected justices. This is a monumental biography of a complicated and principled figure and a seminal work of twentieth-century American history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781594489280
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/05/2006
Pages: 624
Product dimensions: 6.42(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.92(d)
Age Range: 14 Years

About the Author

Jim Newton has written hundreds of newspaper and magazine stories and is the recipient of numerous awards. He shared in the Pulitzer prizes awarded to the Los Angeles Times for coverage of the 1992 riots and the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

Table of Contents


Prologue: First Vacancy     1
Made by California
Young Man of California     15
Away from Home     35
Prosecutor, Father     45
Politician     69
Murder     89
Progressive     98
Duel for Power     110
"The Best People of California"     121
In Command
Victory     145
Assumption of Power     166
California's Fair Deal Governor     185
In Command     198
Loyalty     217
"Traitor in Our Delegation"     239
American Justice
The Chief and His Court     261
Smear     279
All Men Are Created Equal     292
Justice     309
Resistance     326
"Dumb Swede"     345
Kennedy, King, and a New Era     382
The Longest Year     409
An Enforced Code of Decency     451
The End     491
Epilogue     516
Acknowledgments     521
Notes     526
Bibliography     582
Index     597
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