William brennan preacher

Mark Summers

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law was founded in 1995 by former law clerks to Justice William J. Brennan Jr. (1906–97) as a living memorial to his ideals: a commitment to a fair and inclusive democracy, support for the disadvantaged, and respect for individual rights and liberties. Above all, Brennan saw the value of “human dignity” as the core of the law. 

Born to Irish immigrants, Brennan grew up as witness to the economic hardships and indignities of those in his hometown. “What got me interested in people’s rights and liberties,” Brennan would later recall, “was the kind of neighborhood I was brought up in. I saw all kinds of suffering — people had to struggle.”

Brennan is regarded as one of the country’s most influential justices — the “playmaker” of the Warren Court, with its breakthroughs in civil rights and civil liberties. Appointed in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, he authored far-reaching opinions that strengthened democracy, protected f

Justice William Brennan

Selected Opinions by Justice Brennan:

Pennsylvania v. Muniz (1990)

Topic:Miranda Rights

The privilege against self-incrimination protects an accused from being compelled to provide the state with evidence of a testimonial or communicative nature, but not from being compelled by the state to produce real or physical evidence. To be testimonial, the communication must explicitly or implicitly relate a factual assertion or disclose information.


Public Citizen v. Dept. of Justice (1989)

Topic:Government Agencies

It is unlikely that Congress intended the Federal Advisory Committee Act to cover every formal and informal consultation between the President or an executive agency and a group rendering advice.


Texas v. Johnson (1989)

Topic:Free Speech

The government generally has a freer hand in restricting expressive conduct than in restricting the written or spoken word. However, it may not proscribe particular conduct because it has expressive elements.


Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (1989)

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William Brennan

William Brennan may refer to:

  • William Brennan (Australian politician) (1865–1937), member of the New South Wales Parliament
  • William Brennan (baseball) (born 1963), American baseball pitcher
  • William C. Brennan (1918–2000), New York politician and judge
  • William J. Brennan Jr. (1906–1997), justice of the United States Supreme Court
  • William John Brennan (1938–2013), Australian Roman Catholic bishop
  • William Joseph Brennan (bishop) (1904–1975), Roman Catholic priest in Australia
  • Will Brennan (born 1998), American baseball player
  • Willis Brennan (1893–1950), American football player
  • Willy Brennan (died 1804), Irish highwayman
  • Bill Brennan (umpire) (1880–1933), Major League Baseball umpire and college football coach
  • Bill Brennan (boxer) (1893–1924), American boxer
  • Bill Brennan (activist) (born 1968), candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 2017
  • Bill Brennan (journalist), American sports journalist
  • Billy Brennan (born 1934), British ice hockey player

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