The chief: in his biography of Earl Warren, Jim Newton renders a politician and a justice who read the Constitution as a user's manual.(BUZZ: The Arts: Tom Carson on Books)

Los Angeles Magazine | January 1, 2007| | Copyright

During Earl Warren's three energetic terms as the Republican governor of California, the dog that never barked in the night for him was his party's nomination for the presidency. At least one interested observer was baffled by the GOP's missed bet: "How can you hope for anything from them? John F. Kennedy mused. "They nominated Dewey and Nixon when they could have had Earl Warren." Taking him might have spared Republicans considerable trouble, since circumstances could easily have turned President Warren into a capable but less-than-earth-shaking White House occupant. By ...

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