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Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark Mimi Clark Gronlund

Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark By Mimi Clark Gronlund

Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark by Mimi Clark Gronlund


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This biography of the former Attorney General of the United States (1945-1949) and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1949-1967) provides important insights into the workings of the Supreme Court and the justices who served on it during arguably

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Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark: A Life of Service by Mimi Clark Gronlund

An associate justice on the renowned Warren Court whose landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education overturned racial segregation in schools and other public facilities, Tom C. Clark was a crusader for justice throughout his long legal career. Among many tributes Clark received, Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger opined that no man in the past thirty years has contributed more to the improvement of justice than Tom Clark. Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark is the first biography of this important American jurist. Written by his daughter, Mimi Clark Gronlund, and based on interviews with many of Clark's judicial associates, friends, and family, as well as archival research, it offers a well-rounded portrait of a lawyer and judge who dealt with issues that remain in contention today-civil rights, the rights of the accused, school prayer, and censorship/pornography, among them. Gronlund explores the factors in her father's upbringing and education that helped form his judicial philosophy, then describes how that philosophy shaped his decisions on key issues and cases, including the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the investigation of war fraud, the Truman administration's loyalty program (an anti-communist effort), the Brown decision, Mapp v. Ohio (protections against unreasonable search and seizure), and Abington v. Schempp (which overturned a state law that required reading from the Bible each day in public schools).

About Mimi Clark Gronlund

MIMI CLARK GRONLUND, the daughter of Tom C. Clark, was a reference librarian at the Alexandria Campus of Northern Virginia Community College for twenty-two years. Her research into her father's career spanned more than thirty years, and her master's thesi

Table of Contents

Foreword by Ramsey ClarkPrefaceAcknowledgmentsProloguePart One. The Early Years, 1899-1936Chapter 1. Early InfluencesChapter 2. Emerging into ManhoodChapter 3. Forging the SteelChapter 4. Turning PointsPart Two. The Department of Justice Years, 1937-1949Chapter 5. Some Disruptive YearsChapter 6. His Greatest MistakeChapter 7. Beyond the GoalChapter 8. The President's LawyerChapter 9. Juvenile Delinquency and the Freedom TrainChapter 10. Civil Rights: Opening a New EraChapter 11. Cold War Fever: National Security versus Individual FreedomChapter 12. The 1948 Presidential ElectionPart Three. The Supreme Court Years, 1949-1967Chapter 13. A Controversial AppointmentChapter 14. A Period of AdjustmentChapter 15. Investigation ManiaChapter 16. A Delicate BalanceChapter 17. The Brown Decision and Civil RightsChapter 18. Some Troublesome IssuesChapter 19. He Made a DifferenceChapter 20. An Ending and a BeginningPart Four. Retirement, 1967-1977Chapter 21. The Great AdventureChapter 22. The Federal Judicial CenterChapter 23. Riding the Circuits, Championing ReformsChapter 24. Some Personal ObservationsChapter 25. A Life Well LivedEpilogueAppendix: Law Clerks of Justice ClarkNotesBibliographyIndex

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CIN0292719906G
9780292719903
0292719906
Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark: A Life of Service by Mimi Clark Gronlund
Used - Good
Hardback
University of Texas Press
20100115
352
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