…He was elected governor three times, and his political skills in governing a rapidly changing state drew national attention. In 1952, he ran for the Republican presidential nomination, but lost to D.D. Eisenhower. In 1953, he was appointed Chief Justice by President Eisenhower, and served in that position for 17 years until his retirement in 1969, marking an era in the Supreme Court known as the Warren Court. He handed down rulings that aimed for equality, such as ruling that racial school segregation was unconstitutional (Brown case) and correcting disparities in the number of seats based on the one-person, one-vote principle, as well as rulings that thoroughly protected human rights in criminal proceedings, and he consistently maintained the stance that the Supreme Court, as the ``people's court,'' should play an active role in reforming social injustice and inequality. … *Some of the terminology that refers to "Warren Court" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…知事として3選され,変貌の激しい大州を治めた政治手腕は全国的な注目を集め,1952年には共和党大統領候補の指名を争ったが,D.D.アイゼンハワーに敗れた。53年,アイゼンハワー大統領の指名により首席裁判官に就任,69年に辞任するまで,17年間その職にあってウォレン・コートWarren Courtと呼ばれる最高裁の一時代を画した。人種別学法違憲(ブラウン事件判決),一人一票原則にもとづく議員定数不均衡是正など,平等主義を志向する判決や,刑事手続における人権保障を徹底させた判決を下し,最高裁が〈国民の裁判所〉として社会的不正,不平等の改革に積極的役割を担うべきであるという姿勢を貫いた。… ※「Warren Court」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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