Warren Earl Burger (Noun)
Meaning
United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Warren Earl Burger was the chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986 and a close ally of President Richard Nixon.
- Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger had many important cases before the court during his seventeen-year tenure, including the 1973 Roe v. Wade case.
- Richard Nixon nominated Warren Earl Burger as the 15th Chief Justice of the United States to succeed Earl Warren in 1969.
- During his tenure, Warren Earl Burger and his conservative allies had to settle many social issues such as civil rights, voting rights and personal freedom.
- The presidential tapes issue of 1974 went before Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger who issued the Supreme Court ruling United States v Nixon, in 1974.