Word: fortases
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The third branch of the U.S. Government is intimate, unhurried and arcane, almost totally devoid of pomp or visible drama. Yet the Supreme Court's decisions affect every American, living and unborn. And it is the final, irrevocable judge of every President and Congress. Thus last week, when Lyndon Johnson...
In view of President Johnson's fondness for unexpected appointments, the nomination of Fortas to succeed Earl Warren was surprising only in its predictability. A close friend and adviser, whom Johnson had named to take Arthur Goldberg's place in 1965, Fortas has distinguished himself in three Sessions on the...
Expectable in almost every other way, the nomination nonetheless provoked an unexpected reaction, arousing more opposition in the Senate than any other court appointment since 1930?when Herbert Hoover's choice of John J. Parker was rejected by a margin of two votes. But Parker was denied the post because...
If the Republican rebels keep up the fight, the battle promises to be spirited but probably not fatal for the President's men, who need only a simple majority for confirmation. Not only do the Democrats have close to a 2-to-l majority in the Senate, but several Republicans...
Justice Byron White, who cast the fifth and crucial vote against Powell, was obviously moved by much of the Fortas argument. A chronic alcoholic, said White in a concurring opinion, cannot properly be punished merely for being intoxicated. Then why jail Powell? Because, said White, he had not proved that...