Fortas
the rise and ruin of a Supreme Court Justice
1st ed.
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Word Count
179,250 words, Guess
Page Count
717 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2526564M
- ISBN-100688053572
- OCLC Control Number17508934
- OCLC Control Numberfortas00bruc
- Library of Congress Control Number88001751
and 2 more
- LibraryThing339357
- Goodreads2101027
Classifications
- DDC347.73/2634
- LCCKF8745.F65 M87 1988
Description
When Chief Justice Earl Warren decided to step down in 1968, President Lyndon Johnson had the opportunity to name two people to the court, raising Abe Fortas to the chief position and appointing fellow southerner Homer Thornberry to Fortas' former place. Just how that strategy fell apart and how the process of confirmation managed to destroy Fortas' distinguished legal career-a circumstance that remains topical and pertinent even today-are vividly illustrated as Murphy shows the political maneuvering and ideological barriers that led Fortas to resign. Murphy's enthralling study of Fortas' impressive government career, his legal philosophy, and the extralegal associations that led to his disgrace exhibits fascinating control of detail in the process of showing how politics and the rule of law intermesh. -- Booklist, July 1, 1988.
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