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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1968

Page

5

Byrd Opposes Fortas for Chief Justice in extremism critique

Senator Byrd argues the Senate must curb executive and Court power, warning the Warren Court's liberal trend and urging rejection of Justice Fortas as Chief Justice. He cites constitutional checks, judicial restraint, and past confirmations, urging balance and adherence to law.

Senate House of Representatives Congress Executive Supreme Court Warren Justice Fortas John Marshall William E. Borah Idaho Judge Parker Borah George Norris Nebraska Mr. Warren Oliver Wendell Holmes Louis D. Brandeis Charles Evans Hughes Harlan Fiske Stone Benjamin H. Cardozo Felix Frankfurter Justice Cardozo Warren’ Court Justice Frankfurter Warren Court Virginia Frankfurter Times Holmes Brandeis Stone Hughes Cardozo Hoover Fortas Widom Fof United States Alexander Hamilton Justice Stone Thomas Jefferson Court Justice Harlan Harlan Justice Clark John C. Bell Pennsylvania Supreme Court Supreme Court of the Washington Harry F. Byrd Jr

New Committee Resumes Hearing on Abe Fortas Nomination

Sen Robert Griffin urges the Judiciary Committee to reopen hearings into Abe Fortas as chief justice to examine his involvement with the Johnson White House while on the Supreme Court. He cites a magazine claim about Fortas drafting parts of the State of the Union and possible discussions on Secret Service protections.

Justice Fortas United States Johnson Washington Senate Judiciary Committee Abe Fortas Robert P. Griffin R-Mich Senate Fortas Earl Warren Griffin Executive Branch Supreme Court Richard Goodwin White House Clark M. Clifford Goodwin Clifford Secretary of Defense Senate Appropriations Committee Vietnam Detroit Mansfield Associated Press

Unsold Pilot Shows Give TV Some Fresh Material

TV networks use unsold pilots to fill summer slots and recoup costs. CBS aired a batch including Higher and Higher a planned 1968 69 series with a whodunit premise and a husband wife legal team. ABC offered What Gap a San Francisco filmed dream sequence that felt stale and out of date.

Cynthia Lowry AP Television NEW York Network CBS Mrs. North Wally Cox Wally

North to South Trip Marks Ends of United States

Mr and Mrs M D Wheat of Memphis Tennessee say they have seen both ends of the United States within a short time They drove to Circle Alaska the northernmost drivable point on the Steese Highway last year and this summer went to Key West Florida the southern tip.

Memphis, Tenn M.D. Wheat Memphis United States Alaska Steese Circle Key West Fla

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Sen. Byrd John J. Parker North Carolina Justice Holmes Cardoza The American Bar Association John IC. Satterfield U.S. Sen Harry F. Byrd, Jr Homer Thornberry
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