Ulysses Grant appointed this chief justice who attempted to balance federal and state power, helped establish corporate personhood, and influenced views on government regulation.
Answer Morrison Waite
Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite served 14 years, 19 days, as chief justice during the Reconstruction Era. In order to avoid attacks from the KKK, he took a narrow approach to federal authority regarding new laws to expand the rights of freedmen. He struck down the Civil Rights Act of 1875 which was not again restored until the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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