The President and the Judiciary
Abstract
On the morning of June 13, 1968, Chief Justice Earl Warren met with President Lyndon Johnson to inform him that he intended to resign from the Supreme Court. There was nothing wrong with his health, but after 16 years on the job Warren felt it was time to step aside and let a younger man take the reins. That was what the 77-year-old chief justice told the president, but it was only half the story.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Judicial and Constitutional Studies
American Constitutional Law and Politics
Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 481–544
- Publication date
- 13 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter