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Last week, having violated society's mandate, Fortas reluctantly accepted its verdict by resigning from the U.S. Supreme Court. He thus became the only man in the history of the Republic to be forced from the high bench...
Even without impeachment, the case was certainly tragic. One of the most gifted lawyers of his generation, Fortas in 43 months on the bench had already proved himself an asset to a court that has often been faulted for its unlawyerlike decisions. Though he had been prevented last year from becoming Chief Justice by congressional opposition-an obstruction that nearly everyone now views as providential-he nevertheless might have become an ever greater influence on the court and country...
...reputation for wheeling and dealing in areas not uncommon for a corporate lawyer but of questionable propriety for a Supreme Court Justice. One fellow lawyer described Fortas as simply "avaricious." It is no secret that Fortas' cigar-smoking wife Carolyn was furious when L.B.J. named Fortas to the bench: he exchanged a law practice worth about $150,000 a year for a Supreme Court post that then paid only $39,500. (Mrs. Fortas, as a member of her husband's old firm, earns a reputed $100,000 a year...
With eight of the starting team sitting on the bench, the Crimson reserves turned the game into a rout in the next inning. After four walks and an error by reliever Yuram Milo, Rich Lochsley doubled down the right field line for two tallies. Third baseman Frank Saba followed with another doubles to score Lochsley of Harvard's last...
...rebound of a shot by Regan and fed it back to Regan, who threw in a high shot from about 10 feet out for his first goal of the day. Harvard kept up the pressure and built an 11-4 lead before Crimson coach Bruce Munro started clearing the bench...