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In the raging Senate battle over judicial filibusters, Abe Fortas’s name comes up so much you’d think that he was one of the people now being nominated for a spot on the federal bench. Subscribe to ...
In addition to excerpts from Ilya Shapiro’s Wall Street Journal op-ed, I am pleased to link to Life magazine’s May 9, 1969 article (pp. 32-37) on Justice Fortas’s connections to “financial manipulator ...
Justice Clarence Thomas can still redeem himself. One of his predecessors, former Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas, showed the way. Caught in the midst of a financial scandal, Fortas did the decent ...
In response to “The Republicans’ Filibuster Lie,” Commentary, May 3: Missing from David Greenberg’s otherwise excellent analysis of the Republican lie on judicial filibusters is perhaps the ultimate ...
Abe Fortas was nominated today as Chief Justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren who resigned last week. Mr. Fortas, 58, who was named an Associate Justice in June, 1966, is the fifth Jew ...
Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigned in 1969 over accusations of financial misconduct. Courts experts told Insider Justice Clarence Thomas' alleged misconduct appears far worse. But unlike Fortas ...
Ilya Shapiro’s excellent op-ed “The False Abe Fortas Analogy” (May 11) prompts me to recall one of the better rejoinders of my legal career. Sitting in the offices of a revered former high official of ...
Berating the U.S. Supreme Court used to be the fairly exclusive pastime of racists and other right-wing extremists. Now it has become a more popular preoccupation. Many people who think that U.S.
Despite an endless stream of bombshells, there was little novelty in the noxious confirmation fights involving Merrick Garland, Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh over the last three years. They ...
Journal Editorial Report: 'Ethics' is the latest weapon against the Court's independence. Images: Reuters/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly Abe Fortas has been in the news of late—a feat for someone ...
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