| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 320 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome. |
| Description |
data file |
| Series |
Texas legal studies series
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Texas legal studies series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-301) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977.
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Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977. |
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United States. Supreme Court -- Biography.
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United States. Supreme Court. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Judges -- United States -- Biography.
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Judges. |
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United States. |
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LAW -- Government -- Federal. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Lawyers & Judges. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Clark, Ramsey, 1927-2021.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gronlund, Mimi Clark, 1933- Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010 9780292719903 (DLC) 2009013811 (OCoLC)317778284 |
| ISBN |
9780292793491 (electronic book) |
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0292793499 (electronic book) |
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9780292719903 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780292719910 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0292719906 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0292719914 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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