Richard Nixon chose ________ as the new chief justice in 1969, hoping with this appointment to move the Supreme Court toward a more ?strict construction? interpretation of the Constitution in its subsequent decisions.

A) John Marshall
B) Nelson Rockefeller
C) Warren Burger
D) Harry Blackmun
E) Earl Warren


Answer: C) Warren Burger

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