Earl Warren Life And Accomplishments

“I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.”(Earl Warren; Sports Illustrated 1968). Earl Warren was the 30th governor of California and the 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was born in 1891 and grew up in California. During his time as Governor of California, he believed in efficiency and planning to avoid the Great Depression from occurring again. He was the only person to be elected for 3 consecutive terms as governor of California. In 1953, he became the Chief of Justice in the Supreme Court. The president during Warren’s time as Chief was Eisenhower, who said that Warren, "Represents the kind of political, economic, and social thinking that I believe we need on the Supreme Court…”(Web 1). His main focus in court was to give justice and fairness to everyone. His most important cases were Brown v. Board of Education and Gideon v Wainwright. During his time as Chief Justice, Earl Warren revolutionized the court. Earl Warren enhanced the “American Dream” by giving everyone fair chances and justice. The Brown v. Board of Education case enhanced the school systems across the country. Before this law, black and white kids couldn’t go to the same school. This law allowed schools

Earl Warren gave criminals justice by providing them an defense attorney if they couldn’t afford one. An example of when Warren did this was the Gideon v. Wainwright case(Web 7). A man had been accused of trespassing but he couldn’t afford to pay for a defendant. The Florida court found him guilty. Then, the case went to the supreme court. They decided it was not fair for him not to have a proper defense, therefore creating the law to give people attorneys to defend them. Earl Warren gave him and all Americans justice by providing them a defense