Wellllll... yes and no.
Yes, it was "Warren's" court, and Eisenhower was disappointed with his
two appointments.
But, no, Warren couldn't have done anything without Black and Douglas.
And Douglas was a major source of this extreme free speech-ism. (Mind
you, I wasn't there.)
Ken.
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I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park
anywhere near the place.
-- Steven Wright
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>Actually, no. Roosevelt tried to pack the court, and
>failed. One of the former bad guy justices switched
>his view and started supporting the New Deal. The
>Roosevelt era court mainly supported expanded govt
>power to regulate business, not primarily enhanced
>free speech and civil rights. Its most notably free
>speech decision was probably US v. Dennis (1948),
>upholding the conviction of the CPUSA leaders for
>conspiracy to advocate the overthrow of the govt. The
>real civil libertarian court was the Warren Court,
>whose key members were Warren and Brennan, appointed
>by Eisenhower, and Goldberg, Fortas, and Marshall,
>appointed by Kennedy and Johnson. The one right thing
>you say here is that the Warren Court era is over. jks
