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Warren Earl Burger (September 17, 1907 – June 25, 1995) was an American attorney and jurist who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Burger graduated from the St. Paul College of Law in 1931.
Warren Earl Burger (* 17. September 1907 in Saint Paul, Minnesota; † 25. Juni 1995 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist und der 15. Oberste Richter der Vereinigten Staaten.
22. Juni 2024 · Warren E. Burger was the 15th chief justice (1969–86) of the United States Supreme Court. After graduating with honours from St. Paul (now William Mitchell) College of Law in 1931, Burger joined a prominent St. Paul law firm and gradually became active in Republican Party politics. In 1953 he was.
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President Eisenhower appointed Warren Burger to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1955, where he served as a federal judge for 13 years. Earl Warren resigned as Chief Justice of the United States in 1969, and it was President Richard Nixon’s responsibility to appoint a new Chief Justice.
In July 1985, President Ronald Reagan appointed Burger Chairman of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. As Chief Justice he served as Chairman of the Judicial Conference of the United States and as Chairman of the Federal Judicial Center from 1969 to 1986.
Burger’s predecessor, Chief Justice Earl Warren, presided over one of the most liberal Supreme Courts in U.S. history. Nixon appointed Burger in the hope that his deference to “law and order” would reign in what many conservatives saw as liberal judicial activism.
Warren Burger was the 15th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, succeeding Earl Warren. He was nominated on May 23, 1969 by President Richard Nixon. (In an ironic twist, the Burger Court would essentially force Nixon to resign five years later by ordering the production of materials related to the Watergate scandal.)
