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Inspired by Justice William J. Brennan Jr.'s devotion to core democratic freedoms, the Brennan Center for Justice works to strengthen democracy, end mass incarceration, and protect liberty and security.
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The second of eight children born to Irish immigrants, William J. Brennan Jr. went on to become one of the longest-serving and most influential justices in the history of the Court. Brennan was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1906. He attended Harrington High School, where he excelled in his studies and was admitted to the University of Pennsylvanias...
Brennans ability to persuade his fellow Justices led him to author many landmark cases upholding individual freedoms, including Baker v. Carr (1962), which established the one person, one vote doctrine; and Texas v. Johnson (1989), holding that the burning of the American flag is political speech protected by the First Amendment. In Brennans last v...
Brennans impact on the law places him among the most influential justices of the 20th century. In 1989, the Hudson County Courthouse in Jersey City, New Jersey was renamed the William J. Brennan Courthouse in his honor. In 1995, Brennans former law clerks recognized him by endowing the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law...
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Sep 28, 2022 · Justice William J. Brennan Jr. : “If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwanted government intrusion into matters so fundamentally affecting a person as the decision to bear or beget a child.”
William Joseph Brennan Jr. (April 25, 1906 – July 24, 1997) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the seventh-longest serving justice in Supreme Court history, and was known for being a leader of the Court's liberal wing. [3]
The organization is named after Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. The Brennan Center advocates for public policy positions including raising the minimum wage, opposing voter ID laws, and calling for public funding of elections. The organization opposed the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v.
