Chief justice Earl Warren had seen a number of cases during his time in the supreme court. His most notable though was his ruling on civil rights cases, which ended segregation in the school systems.
Decisions reached by the Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice Earl Warren ruled against malapportionment in state legislatures, voided state statutes that permitted school segregation, expanded the rights of criminal defendants, and increased protection for First Amendment freedoms.
Chief Justice John Marshall
After the Reynolds decision, voting districts had to be redrawn more fairlyAfter the Miranda decision, policemen had to read arrested people their rightsAfter the Brown's decision, desegregation in schools was started
Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953-1969)
changed public policy through broad interpretation of the constitution
The decisions of the Marshall Court established the Supreme Court as a branch of government equal to Congress and the Presidency.
The charge against the Warren Court was judicial activism; however, this is a matter of perception and opinion commonly expressed by conservatives, not a fact. For more information, see Related Questions, below.
These appointments continued the trend of shifting the Supreme Court from its progressive stance under Chief Justice Earl Warren, to moderate under Warren Burger, to conservative under William H. Rehnquist. The Roberts Court is likely to be conservative for many years to come, unless one or more conservatives seats become vacant while a progressive President and Senate are in control.
Key decisions of the supreme court under the leadership pf john marshall solidified the power of the supreme court to review the constitutionality of the state and federal law.
The main inscription on the front architrave is: "Equal Justice Under Law"; the one on the rear of the building says "Justice, the Guardian of Liberty."
Equal Justice Under Law