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Thornberry grilled in Senate over poll tax ruling
Judge Homer Thornberry faced sharp questions from Sen. Sam Ervin at a Saturday Senate Judiciary hearing on his nomination to the Supreme Court. The session focused on Thornberrys 1966 Texas poll tax ruling as the committee debates Fortas succession and a potential fall vote.
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Washington
Homer Thornberry
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Thornberry
Abe Fortas
Fortas
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Eastland
West Texas
House
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Ervin
Virginia