ASSOCIATE JUSTICE TOM C. CLARK - BIOGRAPHY SIGNED 10/14/1963 CO-SIGNED BY: ASSOCIATE JUSTICE BYRON R. WHITE, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE WILLIAM J. BRENNAN JR. - HFSID 157397

WARREN COURT: BYRON "WHIZZER" WHITE, WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR., TOM C. CLARK
This printed sheet, listing the members of the Supreme Court as of Oct. 1, 1962, was signed by Associate Justices Byron White, William J. Brennan and Tom C. Clark in blue ink.
Biography signed "Tom C. Clark", "Wm J Brennan" and "Byron White", all in blue ink. 1 page, 5¼x9. Titled: "Members of the SUPREME COURT of the/UNITED STATES, October 1, 1962". This sheet includes small b/w photos and short biographies of all nine justices on the Warren Court, along with facsimile signatures of all nine justices. WHITE (1917-2002, born in Fort Collins, Florida), a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (appointed by President Kennedy) from 1962 to 1993. He earned his nickname playing for the University of Colorado's football team. White played professional football for the then Pittsburgh Pirates (now the Steelers) to earn money for law school, and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford until World War II broke out. He returned to the U.S. and enrolled in Yale Law School in 1940 and also played two seasons with the Detroit Lions. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest member (at age 44) to serve on the Court. Difficult to categorize and suspicious of ideology, White dissented in such landmark cases as Miranda v. Arizona (source of the "Miranda warning", 1966) and Roe v. Wade (1973). BRENNAN (1906-1997, born in Newark, New Jersey), appointed Associate Justice by President Eisenhower, served from October 6, 1956 until his retirement on July 20, 1990. In over 30 years on the Court, Brennan supported criminal and civil rights, opposed the death penalty and promoted both state and federal legislative reapportionment. He defended First Amendment rights and believed that the government must prove a substantial need before any individual's liberties could be restricted. Although Brennan opposed censorship, he felt that obscenity was without social value and therefore not protected by the First Amendment. Beginning with Roth vs. U.S. (1957), he began writing precedent-setting opinions on this subject, defining obscenity according to his community standards test, which was based on the average person's opinion of what appeals to the prurient interest. Brennan worked hard, however, to develop guidelines that would prevent non-obscene material from being suppressed. During Miller vs. California (1973), he re-evaluated his position on obscenity and decided to oppose all forms of censorship. Brennan believed that only by making the Constitution a "living document" could America's system of government keep up with the needs of society -- in direct opposition to the "strict constructionist" approach of conservative colleagues such as Justices Rehnquist and Scalia. CLARK (1899-1977, born in Dallas, Texas) was President Truman's Attorney General (1945-1949) before being appointed to the Supreme Court by President Truman in 1949. He served until his son Ramsey was appointed Attorney General by President Johnson in 1967, when he retired to avoid possible conflicts of interest. Lightly creased. Light tear in lower right corner. Folded once and unfolded. Otherwise in fine condition.