When Warren E. Burger became the 15th chief justice in 1969, he used his initials—W.E.B.—to launch the "WEB Fete Society" as a way of amassing his forthcoming Supreme Court clerks as well as his ...

While conservative criticisms of the Burger Court may be justified, those criticisms do not apply to the "The Chief." He had only one vote on the Court ... and, too often, too little support from his ...

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Burger served as chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1969 until 1986. Linda Greenhouse, author of The Burger Court, says those years helped... Tracing The 'Rise Of The Judicial Right' To Warren ...

Richard Nixon proudly unveiled his new Chief Justice, Warren Burger, in an East Room spectacular last May attended by live television cameras and the highest ranks of his Administration. There was no ...

The then-chief justice was furious when the news broke, one author wrote in The Washington Post. But Monday's publication of a draft opinion is unprecedented. Washington, DC, is reeling from Monday's ...

Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court on Sept. 25, 1981. Chief Justice Warren Burger administers the oath while O'Connor's husband, John, looks on. (AP) Former ...