Who was the best of these Supreme Court Chief Justices?
None of them were particularly great, but I guess I'll vote for Warren Burger since he was at least on the right side of civil rights laws.
Roger Taney? Seriously? He was one of the worst chief justices we've ever had. :lol:
What civil rights of yours were ever in jeopardy?
What civil rights of yours were ever in jeopardy?
I think he confused Earl Warren with Warren Burger
Me? I'm a white guy. Are you saying that people shouldn't care about civil rights issues unless they personally are the ones being denied their rights? First they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew... :roll:
Warren Burger-a rather dim fellow-tried to roll back the massive expansion of "rights" the Earl Warren Court "found" in the Constitution. He was appointed as a reaction to the Earl Warren Court (I believe DDE considered appointing Earl Warren his biggest mistake)
Roberts has yet to finish his term. He is arguably the brightest of all time.
Or the original, John JayI wish John Marshall was an option.
Out of curiosity, what exactly is the benchmark you guys use for how "good" a SCOTUS chief justice is?