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- Title
Fortas' Nominations: One Era Ends, Another Begins.
- Authors
Nelson, Michael
- Abstract
The article chronicles the nominations of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Abe Fortas in 1965 and 1968 and their contrasting outcomes. It looks back at the friendship of Fortas and then U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. It discusses the successful nomination of Fortas as associate justice in 1965 and his unsuccessful nomination as chief justice in 1968 and the political conditions during those periods to reflect the history of Supreme Court judicial appointments.
- Subjects
FORTAS, Abe, 1910-1982; SELECTION &; appointment of U.S. Supreme Court justices; SUPREME Court justices (U.S.); NOMINATIONS for public office; UNITED States. Supreme Court; JOHNSON, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
- Publication
Journal of Supreme Court History, 2023, Vol 48, Issue 2, p239
- ISSN
1059-4329
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/sch.2023.a901540