Today in Supreme Court History: January 20, 1953

1/20/1953: President Eisenhower takes the inaugural oath on January 20. He would make five appointments to the Supreme Court: Chief Justice Earl Warren, and Justices John Marshall Harlan II, William J. Brennan, Charles Evans Whittaker, and Potter Stewart.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower made five appointments to the Supreme Court

 

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[F.D. Wolf]

Warren, Brennan, and Stewart were all recess appointees, the first since President Lincoln had appointed David Davis to the Court in 1862, and the last to date.

[Dan Schiavetta]

Except for Whittaker, who quit because he knew he wasn’t up to the job, these guys did credit to the Court and to the man who appointed them.

[Dan Schiavetta]

Whittaker also deserves credit. Too many people find themselves in prestigious jobs and lack the courage or self-awareness to admit to the world that they can’t do them.

[Bob from Ohio]

What a blown opportunity, worse than Nixon's failure.

Warren and Brennan are 2 of the 5 worst justices in US history. Taney, Douglas, whoever wrote Plessy