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...eight Justices sitting in the case of United States v. Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, et al. appeared from their chambers and sat behind the massive mahogany bench. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger shuffled his papers for a long moment and then began to read the decision constituting the sharp est judicial blow to a President since the court rejected Harry Truman's attempt to seize the nation's steel mills...
...taking up time on the field that could be used for younger fellows," he said, resigning from the San Diego Chargers-who last year signed him to a two-year, $500,000 contract-and retiring from pro ball. Troubled by arthritis, Johnny spent much of the season on the bench. He looks back on his 18-year career with satisfaction...
Split Votes. Until the last of the four Nixon appointees took their seats on the high bench in 1972, school-desegregation rulings since Brown were unanimous-reflecting the Warren Court's concern for presenting a united front in such a socially explosive area...
...full year with the St. Louis Cardinals. Two years later, his 30 victories along with 19 by his brother Paul ("Daffy"), led the Gashouse Gang to the pennant; the brothers won two games apiece as the Cards took the World Series. Compulsively impish, Dean approached the Boston Braves' bench before one game and announced with characteristic corn-pone bravado: "I ain't pitchin' no curves today, boys." True to his word, he then "fogged over" nothing but fastballs, pitching a three-hit shutout. Dean's brilliant career was prematurely curtailed by injuries, and he retired...
Eight months after the 63-year-old Chief Justice arrived on the bench, the court disturbed the peace of Ike's first term by handing down its historic decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which overturned rulings going back to 1896 and required an end to de jure segregation in the nation's schools...