Lawmakers' bill protects language freedom Aug 21, 2009
The protections may be the first of their kind in the country, said Jesse Choper, the Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall. He said the protection is "not off the wall by any means" and said language can be a source of discrimination that people have limited control over. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Sotomayor - A Trojan horse? Aug 18, 2009
Chief Justice Earl Warren always comes to mind as a man who actually lived up to his calling to the high court. He was wise enough to understand what Abraham Lincoln coined when he said, A nation divided against itself cannot stand. (Cameron Observer, MO)
WELCOMING SOTOMAYOR: NOW, BALL'S IN HER COURT Aug 12, 2009
In the 1950s, President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren as a safe and secure "conservative" justice, and he turned out to be anything but that. Sotomayor would not have been my choice to sit on the court, but she is there now, and I wish her well. (New York Post -- Opinions)
League's island of virtue swept away by odious tide Aug 12, 2009
Inglis was front-page news in Melbourne and Sydney, yet it doesn't seem that long ago that Earl Warren, the respected chief justice of the US Supreme Court, said, ''I always turn to the sports section first. The sports section records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failures. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Click to read:Sotomayor Becomes First Hispanic Justice Aug 9, 2009
Sotomayor Becomes First Hispanic Justice - CBS News. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2009. (CBS News)
A GOP That Can Say No Aug 7, 2009
Bob Griffin derailed LBJ's scheme to replace Chief Justice Earl Warren with crony Abe Fortas, before Nixon got to the Oval Office, has the GOP defied this city and voted to reject a liberal judicial activist for the court. In 1970, after revelations of scandal forced Fortas to resign, Rep. (Human Events Online)
Christopher Hitchens' Faith in Humanity Temporarily Restored by Japanese Festival Aug 5, 2009
It was a crime committed largely by liberals like Earl Warren, as many people prefer to forget, and was even supported at the time by the Communist Party ... She remembers FDR as a monster, not the benevolent savior of the New Deal, and for Earl Warren she retains a special contempt. (Slate)
Immigrant case ends Jul 28, 2009
In the early Fifties, when Chief Justice Earl Warren was the Governor of California, he tried to introduce affordable healthcare in California,and after they would have work out the kinks in the healthcare operation they had on the table then, just think how far ahead of the business of Government supported healthcare we would have Now. The cooperative living experience which should be between the Two hospital s and the preservation of One life, was handled all together wrong, because the... (The Palm Beach Post)
How Sotomayor may limit Obama's next pick Jul 24, 2009
Earl Warren, former Republican governor of California presumed to be conservative and appointed by Ike Eisenhower, turned out to be as liberal a justice as we have ever seen. Once they get on the bench, they can follow their own stars. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Top 10 Conspiracy Theories Jul 21, 2009
Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with killing him, and a presidential commission headed by U.S. Supreme Court chief justice Earl Warren found that Oswald acted alone. That conclusion hasn't passed muster with the public. (Time.com)
Schwarzenegger Shrinks California In Order to Save It Jul 21, 2009
Indeed, the cuts will be severe and the Golden State that Governors Earl Warren and Pat Brown built in the middle of the past century will be further damaged. Local community governments, already hard pressed by the recession and lower revenues, will now lose at least $2 billion to the state with the promise to repay when the fiscal situation improves. (Time.com)
Sotomayor would be beholden to no one Jul 20, 2009
A few presidents regretted choiceChief Justice Earl Warren is the classic case of a justice who defied the expectations of his sponsors and, indeed, the president who chose him, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Warren was the three-time governor of California, the Republican vice presidential nominee in 1948, and a prospective challenger for the GOP presidential nomination in 1952. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Sotomayor will protect public interest Jul 17, 2009
It was the personal and the political compelling former Chief Justice Earl Warren to use Brown v. Board of Education and other cases to lead the court's 12-year charge against legalized racism. I came away from reading The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court gratified that justices have used the 00004000 Constitution to transform American law on freedom of speech, privacy and other areas. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Grave offenses Jul 16, 2009
Site Presented By Thursday, Jul 16, 2009. A criminal investigation and allegations of misplaced bodies and shoddy care have roiled the famous burial ground. (Salon)
The Fives: A history of politics and being dashed on the rocks of a Supreme Court nomination Jul 14, 2009
When Chief Justice Earl Warren announced in 1968 that he would retire, Johnson -- who had already declared he would not seek re-election -- nominated Fortas for the position previously held by Warren. The subsequent investigation and vetting was the beginning of the end for Fortas. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Biographical information on Dr. Regina M. Benjamin Jul 14, 2009
President Harry Truman and Republican California Gov. Earl Warren proposed public health insurance 60 years ago. A public option would allow more businesses like mine to provide comprehensive, affordable health insurance for our employees. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Our government has just gone too far Jul 13, 2009
James A. F. wrote on Jul 12, 2009 1:49 PM:" Regulator states this curse of socialismvia big government goes back as faras FDR. I'm sure he has a valid point,is correct, and morally and intellectually honest. Of course, FDR died (April 1945)towards the end of World War II (1939-1945). This is over a decade before Iwas born (November 1956). Thus, I have little emotional link to FDR. However, I certainly do to Lyndon B.Johnson (LBJ), the Earl Warren SupremeCourt, and the Vietnam War (1961-1975).... (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
America's Quirky Alcohol Laws Jul 10, 2009
Explaining the court's ruling, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote that Sunday is a "time for family activity, for late sleeping, for passive and active entertainments, for dining out and the like," apparently overlooking those Americans for whom "passive and active entertainments" involve cracking open a cold one. Spurred by a budget crunch in 2002, Oregon became the first state to repeal its blue laws banning Sunday liquor sales. (Time.com)
Today in History Jul 9, 2009
In 1974, former U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren died in Washington at age 83. In 1982, a Pan Am Boeing 727 crashed in Kenner, La. (Yahoo News)
No retreat from uproar over Bohemian Club woods Jul 7, 2009
Every Republican president since Herbert Hoover is believed to have been a Bohemian Club member - as was Chief Justice Earl Warren. E-mail Jane Kay at. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pool our health resources Jul 2, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
California's Fiscal Crisis: The Legacy of Proposition 13 Jun 28, 2009
Governors Earl Warren and Pat Brown responded to the population growth of the postwar boom with a massive program of public infrastructure the nation's finest public college system, the freeway system and the state aqueduct that carries water from the well-watered north to the parched south. When Ronald Reagan was governor he actually raised taxes. (Time.com)
Emeryville's transformation Jun 22, 2009
2-mile chunk of land sandwiched between Berkeley and Oakland, a land with a history so checkered it would make a hooker blush, a land so morally and politically corrupt during the Depression that former Chief Justice Earl Warren - then Alameda County district attorney - considered it "the rottenest city on the Pacific Coast.". Warren wasn't exaggerating. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Obama implores men to be responsible fathers Jun 20, 2009
Chief Justice Earl Warren belonged to the Bohemian Club beginning in the 1940s, before he joined the court and long before the federal judiciary adopted a code of conduct. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Sotomayor quits club after GOP pressure Jun 20, 2009
Chief Justice Earl Warren belonged to the Bohemian Club beginning in the 1940s, before he joined the court and long before the federal judiciary adopted a code of conduct. "The Belizean Grove is a constellation of influential women who are key decision makers in the profit, non-profit and social sectors; who build long term mutually beneficial relationships in order to both take charge of their own destinies and help others to do the same," the group says on its website. (USA Today)
LETTERS: NCT, June 18, 2009 Jun 18, 2009
" Sure, if you own a big home in a upscale neighborhood, your family of Mom, Dad and four high school/college kids can have six cars in the drive without causing thoughts of multiple families living there.But the same family living in a low-income neighborhood in a small home with no three-car garage or circular drive looks different. Also, the economy is causing everyone to double up children moving home, young couples taking in parents, grandparents taking in family members. In some... (North County Times)
Is Sotomayor a Judicial Activist? New Studies May Shed Some Light Jun 6, 2009
The top five most activist justices were, from one to five: William Douglas, Hugo Black, Earl Warren, William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall -- liberal lions of the Warren Court. But coming in sixth behind Marshall was conservative Clarence Thomas. (Law.com)
The Tyranny of Empathy Jun 3, 2009
Obama went on to complain that when ultra-liberal, judicial activist Earl Warren was chief justice of the Supreme Court it didnt break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution. He seems to really miss that the whole point of the Constitution was to prevent tyrants from break[ing] free from the rule of law and declaring themselves the final arbiters of what is legal. (Townhall.com)
Ready to rumble Jun 3, 2009
Santa Ynez High school graduate Jesse Wallace is a mixed martial arts fighter and will compete in a fight July 3 at the Earl Warren Showgrounds ... On Friday, July 3, Wallace will be fighting in his fifth professional mixed martial arts (MMA) match in Throwdown at the Showgrounds at Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara. (Santa Maria Times)
Scott Wheeler: Sotomayor and the Tyranny of Empathy Jun 2, 2009
He went on to complain that when ultra-liberal, judicial activist Earl Warren was chief justice of the Supreme Court it didnt break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution. . (Newsmax)
Obama's choice could checkmate opponents Jun 1, 2009
Starting in the late 1960s when the expansive jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren became a lightning rod for political controversy fierce ideological clashes over court nominees have become the norm. Political authority came under assault, and the recurrence of divided government a Senate controlled by one party, the White House by the other made defiance of the president's will much more frequent than it had been at any time since the 19th century. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
High court justices rarely stray from course May 31, 2009
So were Earl Warren, William Brennan and Harry Blackmun ... So were Earl Warren, William Brennan and Harry Blackmun. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Another View: How the Golden State got tarnished May 30, 2009
Under Republican Gov. Earl Warren and Democratic Gov. Pat Brown, California epitomized the postwar American dream. Its public schools, from kindergarten through Berkeley and UCLA, were the nations finest; its roads and aqueducts the most efficient at moving cars and water the states lifeblood to their destinations. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Dorf: Why Obama picked a judge May 28, 2009
Earl Warren and Charles Evans Hughes were governors. And William Howard Taft was president before becoming chief justice. (CNN -- US)
The View From California May 28, 2009
Not even Earl Warren and Hugo Black, these long-dead prototypes of empathy, understood "should" in precisely the same term. . (Townhall.com)
UM professors react to selection for Supreme Court May 27, 2009
He traces the more political nature of the Supreme Court back to the tenure of Earl Warren, the 14th chief justice of the Supreme Court, who held the position from 1953 to 1967. During that time, many of the justices were nominated with very little judicial background and the court took on a more political role from which it's been trying to recover ever since, Natelson said. (Missoulian, MT)
Constitutional Moralist May 22, 2009
But after Nixon and Bush II to say nothing of Earl Warren, the liberal Republican who as governor of California interned Japanese-Americans during World War II traditional conservatives must recognize that there is an anti-constitutional Right as well. Carey has always known this, and two chapters in Defending the Republic address characteristically right-wing deviations from constitutional norms. (The American Conservative)
An Alternative Short List for the High Court May 19, 2009
"She's pretty clearly to the left of anyone on the current Court, but is not a throwback to iconic liberals like Earl Warren, William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall. She would be a liberal for the Obama era, not someone fighting a rear-guard action attempting to preserve the remnant of the Warren Court's jurisprudence.". Close on Karlan's heels with an equal number of recommendations were: constitutional law scholar Kathleen Sullivan, the first female dean of Stanford Law School and now head of... (Law.com)
The Supreme Court and the real world May 16, 2009
To put things in context, consider the court under Earl Warren in 1955, when the landmark case Brown vs. Board of Education was decided. Warren himself was previously the governor of California. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Questions, answers on picking high court nominee May 15, 2009
President Dwight Eisenhower promised Earl Warren the first Supreme Court vacancy, President John Kennedy picked his friend Byron White and President Lyndon Johnson chose his friend and adviser Abe Fortas, who later left the court under a financial cloud. Q: Are there any qualifications to be a Supreme Court justice. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Whither goes the GOP? To wither? May 13, 2009
Kuchel, earlier appointed by Gov. Earl Warren, is defeated by extremist Max Rafferty, leading to Sen. Alan Cranston's 22-year Democratic reign. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Baggett Gets First Victory At Speedway May 13, 2009
Danny Earl Warren of Rentz, and Mitchel Meeks of Soperton, making their first race of the season, dropped from contention with mechanical problems. In another thriller, Ricky Brantley of Ailey held off the lap by lap challenge by Frank Williams of Dublin to win the Late Model Feature for the second consecutive week. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
Forum: With nothing at stake, expect fight on court nominee May 12, 2009
This increased scrutiny, and the increased role of ideology, make it less likely a future nominee will surprise the president who nominated him or her, as did Souter and a number of others, most famously the late Chief Justice Earl Warren. Dwight Eisenhower fulfilled a political promise by naming Warren with minimal scrutiny. (Athens Banner-Herald)
POLS ON THE BENCH May 9, 2009
Back in the '50s, President Dwight Eisenhower made the mistake of naming as chief justice California Gov. Earl Warren -- who went on to usher in an era of judicial activism that turned the Constitution inside out in a fit of impatience with the pace of legislative action. It took America 30 years to undo the damage of the Warren court. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Many evacuated pets coming north May 9, 2009
Whenever we are in these kind of situations, the partnerships with the different Humane Societies, Equine Evac, Earl Warren Showgrounds and wonderful individual volunteers make rescuing animals in need successful, Glick said. The Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society shelter in Buellton had received 11 dogs, three cats and an assortment of birds and other animals by Friday afternoon, according to Operation Manager Barbara Burgess. (Santa Maria Times)
UPDATE:: Jesusita firefighters in race against wind May 9, 2009
Sundowner winds, which would push the flames toward populated areas, were forecast for tonight, said Tom Franklin, Santa Barbara County fire chief, at a 5 p.m. press briefing at the Earl Warren Showgrounds. The wind could surface and blow downhill, Franklin said. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Rick Holmes: Obama focused on the person in the justice's robe May 9, 2009
Chief Justice Earl Warren, a former governor of California, brought political skills as well as legal knowledge to the bench. So he understood how important it was that Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark 1954 ruling desegregating the nation's schools, be a unanimous decision - and he prodded and persuaded his colleagues to go along. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Another View: The best nominee? Surprise us May 9, 2009
In the first rank, you'd have to place Holmes, for judicial intellect; Earl Warren for leadership and vision; and William J. Brennan Jr. for courage, conscience and the political skill to run a brilliant rear-guard action through the Burger court years that solidified and extended the Warren court's legacy. Just a bit behind those three come the great defenders of the First Amendment, William O. Douglas and Hugo Black, although much of their most admired work was iconoclastic and delivered in... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Jesusita Fire: Evacuations, closures and more May 9, 2009
Large animals can still be taken to the Earl Warren Showgrounds. Evacuation orders updated. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Put practicality on Supreme Court (35) May 8, 2009
That reminded people of the late Chief Justice Earl Warren, appointed by a Republican president but leader of the court when it required police to inform arrested people of their legal rights and when it mandated legal representation in cases where life or liberty is at stake. One can argue that these liberal decisions were also conservative because they reinforced basic constitutional law and individual liberty, and restricted the power of the state. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
SB’s Jesusita Fire rages on May 8, 2009
County Fire Chief Tom Franklin said at an 11 p.m. press conference at Earl Warren Showgrounds that firefighters were facing extreme fire behavior compounded by heavy fuels and inaccessible terrain. Earlier in the day, fire commanders were worried they would see a repeat of the gusty, unpredictable conditions that wreaked havoc Wednesday afternoon and evening. (Santa Maria Times)
White guys face long odds for U.S. Supreme Court post May 8, 2009
Earl Warren, appointed chief justice by Dwight Eisenhower, realized that a 5-4 ruling on whether school segregation was constitutional would only split the country even further. So he schmoozed his other judges until he brought them around. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Raging wildfires scorch parts of West May 7, 2009
Large animals can be taken to Earl Warren Showgrounds in , county officials said. The Santa Barbara Humane Society in Goleta is taking care of small animals. (CNN -- US)
2,000 Homes Threatened in Growing Calif. Wildfire May 6, 2009
Horses and other large animals were being taken to the Earl Warren Showgrounds while a Humane Society facility was designated for small animals. At least five schools were scheduled to be closed Wednesday. (Fox News)
Wind drives wildfire in SB foothills May 6, 2009
Large animals were being evacuated to the Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real. Small animals were being taken to the Santa Barbara Humane Society. (Lompoc Record, CA)
David Souter's Departure May 5, 2009
Obama revealed his long-term goals for the judiciary in a radio interview on Chicago's WBEZ-FM in 2001, when he complained that the very activist Earl Warren court had limited itself to changing some of our laws but had failed to order "redistributive change" of our economic system by breaking "free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution." Students of the judiciary know that it was the Earl Warren court that started the long lines of activist... (Townhall.com)
Obama legal legacy begins with appointee May 4, 2009
During the campaign, however, Obama expressed his preference for a justice with real-world experience in the mode of former California governor Earl Warren, who presided as the court struck down school segregation and helped generate a civil rights revolution. "I will seek someone who understands that justice isn't about some abstract legal theory," Obama said Friday. (USA Today)
Obama Hopes To Replace Souter By October May 2, 2009
He has perennially be one of the names listed when folks think about potential retirements," said CBS News legal affairs analyst Andrew Cohen. The vacancy could lead to another woman on the bench to join Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, currently the court's only female justice. At 69, Souter is much younger than either Ginsburg, 76, or Justice John Paul Stevens, 89, the other two liberal justices whose names have been mentioned as possible retirees. Yet those justices have given no indication they... (CBS News)
Ten picks for Obama's Supreme Court May 1, 2009
Obama has praised former Chief Justice Earl Warren, who was instrumental in ending school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education, and current moderate to liberal justices such as Breyer and Souter. Last year, Obama spoke before a Planned Parenthood conference about his judicial philosophy. (Salon)
Hood signs basketball deal with Co-Lin Wolves Apr 30, 2009
" Hood's major in college is undecided but he wants to take courses related to law. "It was special to me, a good memory," stated Hood about setting the new 3-point record. His favorite player is point guard Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets. His favorite NBA team is the Hornets. He also likes Duke in college basketball. Recently signing with Co-Lin were Anthony Evans, a 5-11, guard, and Glenn Ford, a 5-9 guard from Greenville-Weston; Josh Hollins , a 6-5 forward from Crystal Springs; Marcus... (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)
Living in limbo Apr 19, 2009
CITIZENSHIP is a mans basic right, for it is nothing less than the right to have rights, wrote United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren in 1958. Despite this lofty pronouncement from one of Americas most important and influential jurists, statelessness is a growing problem in our modern world. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
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EDITORIAL: NCT Roses and raspberries : North County Times - Californian 04-13-2009 (North County Times)
How to save The Chronicle Apr 13, 2009
Jeffrey Earl Warren lives in St. Helena. This article appeared on page A - 11 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
SOLUTIONS/VAN ROEKEL: The federal government's role in education reform Mar 29, 2009
The Earl Warren Supreme Court destroyed all that. It gave children the equivalent of due process without any corresponding responsibilities; and it gutted the ability of the schools to maintain discipline. (Insight on the News)
Obama's First Judicial Nominee: Another Slap in the Face of Christian Conservatives Mar 26, 2009
Earl Warren was his fault. hit rate on getting good, conservative justices. (Townhall.com)
