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Late Memphis Supreme Court Justice Fortas In The News Again, Deserves His Whole Story To Be Told

Late Memphis Supreme Court Justice Fortas In The News Again, Deserves His Whole Story To Be Told

by | Sep 23, 2020 | , | 0

Thumbnails: The late Memphian, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Abe Fortas, is used by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in his pretzel logic about the appointment of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s successor.  It’s worth remembering the entire and powerful story of this distinguished Memphian’s life and how raw politics blocked his appointment as chief justice in one of the U.S. Senate’s darkest moments.

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