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Name: Abe Fortas
Birth Date: 1910
Death Date: April 5, 1982
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: justice, professor, attorney

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Biography of Abe Fortas
985 words, approx. 3 pages
A noted civil libertarian, Abe Fortas (1910-1982) served only four years on the Supreme Court before a series of charges led to his resignation. Abe Fortas, who was nominated by his friend President Lyndon B. Johnson to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1965,...


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Abe Fortas Information
2,346 words, approx. 8 pages
Abraham Fortas (June 19, 1910–April 5, 1982) was a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice. He served in that role from October 4, 1965 until May 14, 1969, when he resigned under pressure. if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var...


News and Journals
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National Review
Fortas.
12/09/1988: 1,237 words, approx. 4 pages
NINETEEN EIGHTY-EIGHT is turning into a vintage year for retrospective character assassination, with Lyndon B. Johnson as Target Number One. The odious Richard Goodwin is on the prowl, accusing LBJ of paranoia-and then paradoxically demonstrating that the President had every justification for suspecting...
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The Washington Post
Lawyer Carolyn Agger Dies; Widow of Justice Abe Fortas
11/09/1996: 2,054 words, approx. 7 pages
Carolyn Eugenia Agger, 87, a noted tax lawyer who retired two years ago as a senior partner in the law firm of Arnold & Porter, died of pneumonia Nov. 7 at her home in Washington. She was the widow of former Supreme Court Justice...
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The New York Observer
Backing Into the Future: Strom\'d5s Peculiar Leadership
7/10/2005: 1,221 words, approx. 4 pages
Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond, by Jack Bass and Marilyn W. Thompson. PublicAffairs, 415 pages, $27.50. Of the many strange moments during the 1999 impeachment of President Bill Clinton, the strangest may have come when Senator Strom Thurmond swore...
 


 

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