ABSTRACT
Earl Warren was the fourteenth chief justice of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1969. Born in Los Angeles, California, in 1891, Warren grew up in Bakersfield and graduated from the University of California School of Law in Berkeley. The ambitious Warren was interested in the Republican nomination for president in 1952, but the nod went to popular war hero General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Warren's pre-Court experience contrasted sharply with some of his decisions on the Court. President Eisenhower was reported to have promised Warren the first vacancy on the Supreme Court in part because Warren helped deliver California to Eisenhower at the 1952 Republican convention. Warren presided over a constitutional revolution that dramatically expanded civil rights and civil liberties. Warren guided the Court during a period of great judicial activism. Warren was undoubtedly the most liberal chief justice in Supreme Court history.
