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There seems to have been at least a slight chance that Earl Warren could have ended up as President of the United States. I wouldn't say that he was more likely to become a candidate than Taft or Eisenhower, but the possibility seems to be there. The question is how do we give him the Presidency? For simplicity's sake, let's say that Dewey/Warren wins in 1948, and the assassination attempt that failed to kill Truman ends President Dewey's life, and Earl Warren becomes President of the United States. (I can't think of a way to get Warren nominated in 1952, that situation would be preferable, but I think the nomination in that year was either going to go to Taft or Ike.)

Earl Warren will not be in the same position to determine the outcome of Brown v. Board, or other supreme court decisions, though he will certainly appoint like minded Judges given the opportunity. Assuming that Warren is President through what would have been Eisenhower's first term, does Warren's Presidency, and the lack of a Chief Justice Warren have any impact on the civil rights movement?
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