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Fortas Emerges as Warren’s Successor for Supreme Court
The article outlines Chief Justice Earl Warren’s resignation and Abraham Fortas as the recommended successor, highlighting Fortas’s long career, close ties with Lyndon B. Johnson, and influence on court harmony. It notes Fortas’s potential conservatism, political savvy, and history defending McCarthy-era targets.
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Earl Warren
Johnson
Abe Fortas
Fortas
Warren Beg
United States
Supreme Court
Warren
Robert Jackson
Stanley Reed
Kentucky
Fipeljy
Reed
Narren
Jackson
Harald Ickes
Interior Department
William O. Douglas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Fortes
Yale
Douglas
Law School
Washington
Securities and Exchange
Harold Ickes
Ickes
Public Works Administration
Texas
Colorado River
Lyndon 8
Abe
U.S
Senate
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Hugo Black
Black
Southwest
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Homer Thornberry
Congress
Thornberry
Lyndon
Austin
Uniter
David Bressi
District of Columbia
Vietnam
New York Times Vs. Sullivan
Dooley
Fostus
Arnold, Forts and Porter
Joseph McCarthy
Owen Lattimore
Johns Hopkins
McCarthy
Arnold, Fortas,and Porter
Dorothy Baiey