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American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Before the 1950s, the Supreme Court was best known as an institution that adhered to the status quo. It often sought to protect the rights of property owners and businessmen, shying away from cases that took direct aim at controversial social or political issues.

But when a popular former California governor became Chief Justice in 1953, all that changed. Earl Warren’s court would take on some of the hottest issues of the times, ruling on cases where individual rights would take precedent, such as Brown v. Board of Education and Baker v. Carr, and where First Amendment and Fifth Amendment rights would be strengthened, such as Engle v. Vitale and Miranda v. Arizona.

For sixteen years, the Warren Court would radically reshape the legal and social landscape of America.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
0:05.6	download the app today.
0:09.4	Imagine us 1953, the first Friday of October.
0:21.2	You're sitting in a place you never thought should be, the lush backyard of the governor's
0:25.8	mansion in Sacramento, California.
0:28.6	You are a young reporter from the Associated Press who's gotten a scoop of a lifetime,
0:33.2	a chance to interview Earl Warren as he transitions from governor to Chief Justice of the Supreme
0:38.3	Court.
0:39.6	In the shadow of the towering three-story Victoria mansion, you lean in, pencil hovering
0:44.1	above your notepad.
0:45.1	Governor, can't tell you how much I appreciate your time and attention.
0:48.3	Thank you.
0:49.3	I think nothing of it.
0:51.3	How old are you, son?
0:52.3	25, sir.
0:53.3	My God.
0:54.3	I air a long gone from me.
0:57.0	At 62 years old, governor Warren is a big, blonde man with a large, open face.
1:02.4	Seated across from you, he adjusts his glasses, squinting into a sudden ray of sunshine.
1:07.2	Can you tell me about that phone call?
1:08.8	When President Eisenhower offered you the position of Chief Justice?
1:11.6	Well, I can remember for sure as that I accepted it.
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