Word: warrens
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Terse Exchange. "There has been no wrongdoing on my part," he insisted in a written explanation to Chief Justice Earl Warren. "There has been no default in the performance of my judicial duties in accordance with the high standards of the office I hold." He sent a copy to President Nixon, along with a two-sentence letter of resignation. The reply from the White House, which clearly welcomed just such an outcome, was equally terse: "I have received your letter of resignation," wrote Nixon, "and I accept it, effective as of its date...
...also agreed to accept $20,000 a year for life. The payments were to go to his wife Carolyn, also a lawyer, if she survived him. The services he or his widow were to perform were spelled out only vaguely in his case. He had intended, he told Warren, to "help shape" the program and activities of the foundation, whose stated aim was to further racial and religious harmony. There was no explanation of Mrs. Fortas' role. While Fortas denied interceding for Wolfson with any Government agency, he did admit to receiving from Wolfson letters about the financier...
...bloodlessly, or at least to make sure that Fortas' was the only blood spilled. As the LIFE story was being prepared, Will Wilson, Assistant Attorney General for the criminal division, had personally begun an investigation of the Fortas-Wolfson relationship. His findings were presented to Chief Justice Warren by Attorney General John Mitchell. The next day the Justice Department dispatched agents to quiz Wolfson in his cell at the federal prison camp in Eglin, Fla.; the material they wanted was in hand. Among other things, Wolfson believed that Fortas was going to intercede for him with the Securities...
With Fortas' resignation and the retirement next month of Chief Justice Warren, Nixon will have an unprecedented opportunity to change the court in the first six months of his presidency. At the same time, the near-impeachment has circumscribed his own options, probably ruling out anyone, like Attorney General Mitchell, who could be tagged, as Fortas was, the President's "crony." It is more likely now that Nixon will look to the lower courts or to the law schools, where he could find distinguished, nonpartisan professors. For Chief Justice, he might elevate someone already on the Supreme Court...
Fortas, who has been under sever criticism for accepting and returning 11 months later a $20,000 fee from the family foundation of financier Louis E. Wolfson, sent Nixon his letter of resignation Wednesday night. He also sent Chief Justice Earl Warren a letter of explanation about...