Word: fortases
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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But Fortas failed to mention the dozens of other Justices who had not had intimate dealings with the White House. There are, in fact, no set guidelines for the relations between a Justice and a President. Obviously, as Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen points out, no Chief Executive will appoint...
Standin. Fortas' friendship with the President was not the only objection raised to his confirmation. For some, it was merely a screen to hide their real concern. Some Republicans, hoping for victory in November, do not want Johnson to name anyone to the court for the remainder of his...
Somewhat taken aback by the attention given the cronyism issue on the first day, Fortas came prepared for the second with an annotated list of 14 previous Justices who had advised Presidents. The first Chief Justice, John Jay (1789-1795) counseled George Washington.* The fifth, Roger Taney, helped Andrew Jackson...
Pursuing that line with unrelenting tenacity, South Carolina's Strom Thurmond spent more than four hours denouncing decisions that have guaranteed the rights of criminal defendants. Rasped Thurmond: "Mallory! Mallory! I want that word to ring in your ears. Mallory! A man who confessed to a crime, and the...
At another point, Thurmond went to the heart of his complaint-namely, that the court's guarantees of defendants' rights sometimes permitted the guilty to go free along with the innocent. "Aren't you after getting the truth?" he demanded. "What difference does it make if there...