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Final Throes. As adjournment approached, the weary Congress still faced the possibility that the President might try to push through the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and offer a new nominee for Chief Justice of the U.S. in place of scorned Abe Fortas. Johnson decided against submitting another nomination, but insisted that Congress act on the nuclear treaty before adjournment. The Senate, as it has frequently done during the session, ignored the President and pushed for adjournment. The House, however, was prevented from following suit by a group of liberal Democrats who hoped to keep both chambers in session until...
...When Abe Fortas was nominated last summer as Chief Justice of the U.S., few doubted that he would win swift approval. He had, after all, already been before the Senate and been confirmed as an Associate Justice, and even Fortas' critics acknowledged that his is one of the nation's best legal minds. Gradually, however, opposition mounted, partly because confident Republicans wanted to name a new Chief Justice themselves come January. The most senous argument against Fortas was that he remained a close adviser to Lyndon Johnson after joining the court. There was also Fortas' imprudence...
...though the symbols of constitutional majesty are still in place, the court faces as much uncertainty as it has ever known in its 178-year history. Justice Abe Fortas will sit to the right of his colleagues, and not in the chair that he had hoped to occupy; the seat in the center is still filled by Chief Justice Earl Warren, who is anxious to end his Supreme Court career. Three other Justices besides Warren are old enough to be thinking about retirement: Hugo Black, 82, John Marshall Harlan, 69, and William O. Douglas, 69. Lawyers who are preparing their...
When Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas requested that President Johnson withdraw his name from nomination as Chief Justice, the Washington Post editorialized solemnly...
Duty Bound. After repeated delays, the Senate finally took on the week's principal business: President Johnson's nomination of Abe Fortas to be Chief Justice of the U.S. A formal vote to, close off a filibuster will not come until this week, but it is foredoomed. Fortas' opponents, led by Michigan Republican Robert Griffin, have considerably more than enough votes to block cloture and keep the talkathon going until the Administration gives...