How Did Warren Burger Change The Judicial System?
The former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger who served from 1969-1986 and was the 15th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Burger was nominated in 1969 by President Richard Nixon to replace former Chief Justice Earl Warren. During his 17 years that he served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Burger helped make decisions on many Supreme Court cases during the time of the Burger Court. Burger’s work has changed how the judiciary system now works and changed many laws to make the United States a better place.
Warren E. Burger was born on September 17th, 1907 in St. Paul, Minnesota and was the fourth out of seven children. His father was a cargo inspector along with a traveling salesman and his mother took care of the home. While Burger got his education he delivered …show more content…
During his career as a Chief Justice, Burger focused on the administrative functions of the Supreme Court. He strived to make the judiciary system run as smoothly as it could while also using his opinions and views to change laws to make the Constitution say what he thinks is right. In the Supreme Court case, Roe vs. Wade, Burger used his views on whether women should have the right to legal abortions to make the decision if women being able to have abortions should be protected under the 14th Amendment. Burger’s views and opinions helped to change how America is today by giving women more rights, citizens having more voting rights, giving suspects of crimes more rights and giving people more rights. Some other examples of what Burger was able to do as Chief Justice were giving criminal defendants more rights and for minorities he was able to prevent some of the racism that came from the desegregation of schools. Burger was able to give all types of Americans more rights based on the Supreme Court cases that were seen while the Burger Court was in
Warren E. Burger was born on September 17th, 1907 in St. Paul, Minnesota and was the fourth out of seven children. His father was a cargo inspector along with a traveling salesman and his mother took care of the home. While Burger got his education he delivered …show more content…
During his career as a Chief Justice, Burger focused on the administrative functions of the Supreme Court. He strived to make the judiciary system run as smoothly as it could while also using his opinions and views to change laws to make the Constitution say what he thinks is right. In the Supreme Court case, Roe vs. Wade, Burger used his views on whether women should have the right to legal abortions to make the decision if women being able to have abortions should be protected under the 14th Amendment. Burger’s views and opinions helped to change how America is today by giving women more rights, citizens having more voting rights, giving suspects of crimes more rights and giving people more rights. Some other examples of what Burger was able to do as Chief Justice were giving criminal defendants more rights and for minorities he was able to prevent some of the racism that came from the desegregation of schools. Burger was able to give all types of Americans more rights based on the Supreme Court cases that were seen while the Burger Court was in