Word: morrisseys
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nomination of Francis X. Morrissey to the U.S. district court has been approved by the Judiciary Committee, and his appointment now awaits the consent of the Senate. But there is good reason for agreeing with the American Bar Association that "from the standpoint of legal training, legal experience and legal ability," Morrissey is unqualified for the federal bench...
...seven years on the municipal bench, Morrissey has acquired neither the training nor the distinction requisite of a federal judge. He has had virtually no experience with jury or equity cases, nor has he dealt with any of the complex issues that Federal judges must handle daily. It took Morrissey three attempts over ten years to pass the Massachusetts bar examinations. He graduated from Suffolk Law School--not even an accredited institution at the time he attended--only after he failed four courses...
Indeed, not even Morrissey's supporters have attempted to refute the argument that he lacks experience and intellectual ability. They have emphasized instead that he is a man of integrity and devotion, of honesty and sincerity. "No one can question his sterling character", Cardinal Cushing wrote in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. "His inability to fulfill the duties of this office have been overplayed...
Helping Jack. One of twelve children of a Boston stevedore, Frank Morrissey was raised in Boston's Charlestown area -a section that even today is so poor that Negro mothers refuse to allow their children to be bussed to white schools there. After two years at Boston College, Frank quit to take a job with the state, enrolled for night courses at Suffolk University Law School in Boston...
Kennedy paterfamilias at that time was hopeful that Son John would enter politics on his return from the Navy. Morrissey volunteered to help - and soon became known as Joe's eyes and ears in Boston's tough 11th District, the fief of Honey Fitz, Jack's maternal grandfather. An eloquent speaker himself, Frank coached Jack Kennedy in political oratory, gave him a cram course in ward politics, and later competently managed his home office when Jack went to Washington...