Justice William Brennan

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkb:Columbia_Law_School
gptkbp:appointed_by gptkb:President_Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Bar_Association_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birth_date 1906-04-25
gptkbp:born_on April 25, 1906
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_J._Brennan_III
gptkb:Margaret_Brennan
gptkb:Thomas_Brennan
Eleanor Brennan
gptkbp:death_date 1997-07-24
gptkbp:died_on July 24, 1997
gptkbp:dissenting_opinion gptkb:Texas_v._Johnson
gptkb:United_States_v._Lopez
gptkb:Shelby_County_v._Holder
gptkb:Bush_v._Gore
gptkb:Bowers_v._Hardwick
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:William_Joseph_Brennan_Jr.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Justice William Brennan
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Constitutional_Law
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
Due Process Clause
Equal Protection Clause
Free Speech
Privacy Rights
First Amendment Rights
gptkbp:legal_framework Liberalism
Judicial Activism
gptkbp:notable_quote “ We are all in this together.”
“ The First Amendment is the cornerstone of our democracy.”
“ The Constitution is a living document.”
“ The law cannot stand still.”
“ The right to speak freely is the foundation of our democracy.”
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Justice_Felix_Frankfurter
gptkb:Justice_Sherman_Minton
gptkbp:reviews gptkb:Griswold_v._Connecticut
gptkb:Roe_v._Wade
gptkb:New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan
gptkb:Loving_v._Virginia
gptkb:Miranda_v._Arizona
gptkbp:served_as gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:spouse Eleanor Brennan
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3