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Warren Earl Burger (September 17, 1907 – June 25, 1995) was an American attorney and jurist who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Burger graduated from the St. Paul College of Law in 1931.
Warren E. Burger (born Sept. 17, 1907, St. Paul, Minn., U.S.—died June 25, 1995, Washington, D.C.) was the 15th chief justice (1969–86) of the United States Supreme Court. After graduating with honours from St. Paul (now William Mitchell) College of Law in 1931, Burger joined a prominent St. Paul law firm and gradually became active in ...
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Jun 9, 2016 · Examining the legacy of Chief Justice Warren Burger. June 9, 2023 | by NCC Staff. More in Constitution Daily Blog. On June 9, 1969, a near-unanimous Senate confirmed federal judge Warren Burger as Chief Justice of the United States, starting a 17-year tenure marked by landmark Court decisions.
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Jun 25, 1995 · Chief Justice of the United States. Chief Justice Warren Burger rose from humble midwestern roots to become one of the longest serving Chief Justices in the Court’s history. He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1907. The youngest of seven children, Burger grew up in a working class family. The large family struggled to make ends meet, and ...
Earl Warren’s successor, Warren Burger, a native of Minnesota, had been a judge of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for more than a decade. He became Chief Justice in 1969. One of the most famous of the Court’s rulings involving the conflict between religious freedom and state public schools came under Chief Justice ...
Read about how U.S. Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger got to the Court, including his education, career, and confirmation process.
Warren Burger was the 15th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, succeeding Earl Warren. He was nominated on May 23, 1969 by President Richard Nixon. (In an ironic twist, the Burger Court would essentially force Nixon to resign five years later by ordering the production of materials related to the Watergate scandal.)
