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President Eisenhower appointed Warren Burger to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1955, where he served as a federal judge for 13 years. Earl Warren resigned as Chief Justice of the United States in 1969, and it was President Richard Nixon’s responsibility to appoint a new Chief Justice.
- Warren E. Burger, 1969-1986
Burger retired from the Court on September 26, 1986, after...
- The Burger Court, 1969-1986
In the eleven years following, under state laws revised to...
- Warren E. Burger, 1969-1986
The Burger Court was the period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1969 to 1986, when Warren E. Burger served as Chief Justice of the United States.
Burger retired from the Court on September 26, 1986, after seventeen years of service, and continued to direct the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution from 1986 to 1992. He died on June 25, 1995, at the age of eighty-seven.
In the eleven years following, under state laws revised to accord with Supreme Court rulings, more than 90 persons convicted of violent crimes were put to death. When Warren Burger stepped down in 1986, he had served longer than any Chief Justice appointed in the 20th century.
President Eisenhower appointed Warren Burger to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1955, where he served as a federal judge for 13 years. Earl Warren resigned as Chief Justice of the United States in 1969, and it was President Richard Nixon’s responsibility to appoint a new Chief Justice.
Burger left the Supreme Court on September 26, 1986 and was replaced by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who had served on the Burger Court as an Associate Justice. From 1986 to 1993, Burger served as the Chancellor of the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
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May 29, 2018 · On 26 September 1986, at the age of seventy-nine, Warren Burger unexpectedly retired from the Supreme Court to become the chairman of the Bicentennial Commission, thus allowing President Ronald Reagan to elevate William H. Rehnquist to the Court’s center seat.
