Justice Stanley Mosk came to speak at UCLA on January 13, 1967. At the time there was a lot of mistrust concerning the Warren Commission Report concerning the assassination of President Kennedy. One of the most outspoken people was Mark Lane who came to speak at UCLA later that year. Justice Mosk defended the decisions of Chief Justice Warren. He explained to an audience of students that big decisions rarely make everyone happy. With every big decision there is always some dissenting minority who don't agree. The members of the Court were chosen to be entrusted with big decisions.
Recently there had been talk of a vote to overrule the Court's decisions. Mosk pointed out to the students that no vote, whether it be 50%, 2-to-1 or unanimous, could overturn a decision of the Supreme Court. Justice Mosk sought to bring rationale to the debate on the Warren Commission Report and to assure the people that the decision of the Court had been the right one.
Justice Mosk had been the legal advisor to the Governor of California from 1939 to 1942 and in 1958 was the Attorney General of California. On September 1, 1964 he was named to the Supreme Court.
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