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 Ly...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
THE WRONG LESSON (Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles)
ON THE SAME DAY it expanded free speech in the political
process, the Supreme Court nee...
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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 impeachm...
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Abe Fortas
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