Justice William J. Brennan

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Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:New_York_Law_School
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Bar_Association_Medal
Presidential Medal of Freedom
gptkbp:born April 25, 1906
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_J._Brennan_III
gptkb:Margaret_Brennan
Eleanor_Brennan
gptkbp:died July 24, 1997
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Justice William J. Brennan
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Justice_Sonia_Sotomayor
Justice Stephen Breyer
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Justice_Louis_Brandeis
gptkbp:issuedBy President_Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:judges 1956
1990
Liberalism
Judicial activism
gptkbp:knownFor Due process rights
Civil rights advocacy
Equal protection under the law
First_Amendment_rights
gptkbp:legacy Advocacy for individual rights
Support for affirmative action
Support for reproductive rights
Support for free speech
Influence on modern constitutional law
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Roe_v._Wade
gptkb:New_Jersey_v._T.L.O.
gptkb:Miranda_v._Arizona
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Brennan_Center_for_Justice
Constitutional Law Review
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Justice_Tom_C._Clark
gptkbp:residence gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court
Chief_Justice_of_New_Jersey
gptkbp:spouse Eleanor_Brennan
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg