Word: warren
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...history of desegregating schools is short and it is unpleasant. For each progressive step, there seem to be two steps back. In 1954, after 60 years of Supreme Court decisions allowing the dual school systems in the South, Earl Warren's court finally made the break. Warren's decision had two memorable bits of language: the first, now reverently recited by civil rights lawyers, is that "separate schools are inherently in equal." That was good. But the other phrase almost negated the decision's value...
...WARREN SNYDER Chicago...
Wisconsin (12): Nixon, teamed with popular Governor Warren Knowles, leads...
...Senators. The objections to his role as Lyndon Johnson's backstairs adviser were heightened by reports that Fortas had substantially rewritten a first version of the President's 1966 State of the Union Message. Some Senators were also bothered by the fact that Chief Justice Earl Warren had not really resigned, but has only opted to retire if and when a successor was agreed upon. Republicans, scenting victory in November, thought that was a ploy to prevent Nixon from naming his own Chief Justice...
...estimates that 50 Senators will vote against shutting off debate, leaving far fewer than the two-thirds needed for cloture. After two failures on a cloture vote, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield is likely to withdraw the nomination, and the court will open its new session next month with Warren back on the bench...