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tice Earl Warren and Justice William Brennan. According to biographer Stephen E. Ambrose, Eisenhower privately said on a number of occa- sions that he wished the Supreme Court had upheld Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) instead of overturning it in Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark 1954 decision declaring segrega- tion in public schools unconstitutional. After Eisenhower left office, he frequently said that his biggest mistake had been appointing War- ren to the court. For...