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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.
Jul 20, 1998 · William Brennan (born April 25, 1906, Newark, N.J., U.S.—died July 24, 1997, Arlington, Va.) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1956–90).
Jul 20, 2012 · Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. 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.
Nov 26, 2010 · While the U.S. Supreme Court today is dominated by conservatives, it still abides by many of the landmark decisions written by the court's liberal icon, Justice William J. Brennan Jr., who...
- Nina Totenberg
Justice William Brennan joined the U.S. Supreme Court on October 16, 1956, replacing Justice Sherman Minton. Brennan was born on April 25, 1906 in Newark, New Jersey, close to New York City. He graduated cum laude in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1928.
Jul 25, 1997 · Justice William J. Brennan Jr., a towering figure in modern law who embodied the liberal vision of the Constitution as an engine of social and political change, died today, almost exactly...
Jul 28, 2023 · William J. Brennan, nominated by President Eisenhower to be a Supreme Court justice, sits in a hearing room in 1957, as the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a public hearing on his nomination. Brennan wrote for the majority in the landmark case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964).
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