Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark : a life of service /

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Author / Creator:	Gronlund, Mimi Clark, 1933-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 320 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Texas legal studies series Texas legal studies series.
Subject:	Clark, Tom C. -- (Tom Campbell), -- 1899-1977. Clark, Tom C. -- (Tom Campbell), -- 1899-1977. United States. -- Supreme Court -- Biography. United States. -- Supreme Court. Judges -- United States -- Biography. Judges. United States. Biographies. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12868262

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Other authors / contributors:	Clark, Ramsey, 1927-2021.
ISBN:	9780292793491 0292793499 9780292719903 9780292719910 0292719906 0292719914
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-301) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Annotation An associate justice on the renowned Warren Court whose landmark ruling inBrown v. Board of Educationoverturned 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. Clarkis 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), theBrowndecision, Mapp v. Ohio(protections against unreasonable search and seizure), andAbington v. Schempp(which overturned a state law that required reading from the Bible each day in public schools).
Other form:	Print version: Gronlund, Mimi Clark, 1933- Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010 9780292719903

Table of Contents:

Early influences
Emerging into manhood
Forging the steel
Turning points
Some disruptive years
His greatest mistake
Beyond the goal
The president's lawyer
Juvenile delinquency and the freedom train
Civil rights : opening a new era
Cold war fever : national security versus individual freedom
The 1948 presidential election
A controversial appointment
A period of adjustment
Investigation mania
A delicate balance
The Brown decision and civil rights
Some troublesome issues
He made a difference
An ending and a beginning
The great adventure
The Federal Judicial Center
Riding the circuits, championing reforms
Some personal observations
A life well lived.

Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark : a life of service /

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