Trivial Pursuit
In June 1968, Chief Justice Earl Warren announced his plans to retire before the end of Lyndon Johnson’s administration, to ensure that Richard Nixon would not be able to appoint Warren’s successor if Nixon won the November election. Johnson nominated Associate Justice Abe Fortas to the position in the hopes that the liberal judge could garner enough votes for a confirmation. However, a filibuster resulted and when the Senate failed to invoke cloture in October, Johnson withdrew the nomination.
Now you know.
i cant expound to be all knowledgeble just cuz my thoughts were on LBJ...but i will say this.......fillibustering isnt judical...its legislatial..isn’t it?.....so someone pleaseeeeeeee pleaseeeeeeeee tell me where in the constitution it applys to judicial nominees?.....helpppppppppp!!!
thank ya very kindly!
Posted by imp
06/09/2005 at 06:54 PM
AND! Fortas DID NOT have Majority Support in the Senate. In addition, BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS participated in said filibuster.
Keep that in mind my friends, the next time the Dems try and bring up the partisan politicking!
I remember that Fortas controversy.
I never heard what Billie Sol Estes thought about it, however. Or Bobby Baker either.
I learn something every time I come here.
I must admit that I don’t recall much about this, although the name Abe Fortas seems familiar.
My excuse is that I was deeply involved in learning the intricacies of the AN/SQS-39 Sonar system at the time.
On the plus side, it was in Key West, which was also the downside.
