Article: WHAT TOPPLED ABE FORTAS? POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY IS A DETECTIVE STORY.(Perspective)

Article: Nice try. (Abe Fortas' nomination as Supreme ...
National Review;  October 23, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... Johnson nominated Abe Fortas to succeed Earl ... Justice of the Supreme Court. This was a ... appointed the Supreme Court to make decisions ... filibustered against Abe Fortas wanted to ask ... believe that the Supreme Court should be the ...

Article: Dishonest Abe; how LBJ's favorite Supreme Court ...
Washington Monthly;  December 1, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... simply ignored. This is the Abe Fortas that emerges from the pages ... The Rise and Ruin of a Supreme Court Justice, that raverses much ... New Deal whiz kid to fallen Supreme Court justice, expertly revealing ... largely remembered as the first Supreme Court justice to ...

Article: Abe Fortas
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...Abe Fortas 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 ...

Article: Lawyer Carolyn Agger Dies; Widow of Justice Abe ...
The Washington Post;  November 9, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... home in Washington. She was the widow of former Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas. Ms. Agger headed the tax practice group at ... a founder of Arnold & Porter, served on the Supreme Court from 1965 to 1969. President Lyndon B. Johnson ...

Article: `Jewish Seat' Empty Since Abe Fortas Left
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 15, 1993 ;     325 words ... ... would become the first Jewish justice on the Supreme Court since the 1969 resignation of Abe Fortas. Jonathan Levine, Midest regional director ... appointed in 1962 by John F. Kennedy. Abe Fortas, appointed in 1965 by Lyndon B. Johnson ...

Article: From Abe Fortas to Zoe Baird: why some presidential ...
American Political Science Review;  December 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... of the quantitative work has focused on nominations to the Supreme Court, analyzing senators' floor voting behavior (Cameron ... success or failure. Moreover, analyzing only floor votes on Supreme Court nominees provides an incomplete understanding of confirmation ...

Article: Homer Thornberry Dies at 86; Nominated to Supreme ...
The Washington Post;  December 13, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... nominated for a seat on the Supreme Court but never confirmed, died ... Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas to be chief justice, he named ... 1966, six weeks before the Supreme Court ruled the tax on voting unconstitutional ...