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  1. 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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  2. The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is a liberal or progressive nonprofit law and public policy institute. The organization is named after Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr.

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  4. 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]

  5. In 1989, the Hudson County Courthouse in Jersey City, New Jersey was renamed the William J. Brennan Courthouse in his honor. In 1995, Brennan’s former law clerks recognized him by endowing the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, a nonpartisan litigation and research center.

  6. Justice William J. Brennan Jr. served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1956 to 1990, and during his tenure he influenced federalism in a number of important ways. He was a leading voice for the expansive role of federal courts interpreting the U.S. Constitution to protect individual rights from interference by the states.

  7. applauded by our namesake, Justice William J. Brennan Jr., who wrote: “State courts no less than federal are and ought to be the guardians of our liberties.”

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