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- NAME: Warren Burger
- OCCUPATION: Supreme Court Justice
- BIRTH DATE: September 17, 1907
- DEATH DATE: June 25, 1995
- EDUCATION: St. Paul College of Law (William Mitchell College)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: St. Paul, Minnesota
- PLACE OF DEATH: Washington, D.C.
- Full Name: Warren Earl Burger
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Warren Burger was the 15th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after being nominated by President Richard Nixon.
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In 1969, President Richard Nixon named Warren Burger as chief justice of the Supreme Court, and in June 1969, he was sworn in. His court upheld the 1966 Miranda decision, and Burger voted with the majority in the court's landmark 1973 decision, Roe v. Wade, which established women's constitutional right to have abortions. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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