He provided the research and drafts that helped bring about the Supreme Court’s landmark Gideon v. Wainwright decision in 1963. By Clay Risen Abe Krash, who as a junior partner at the law firm Arnold, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fury among liberals over news of an upside-down flag — a “Stop the Steal” symbol — flying in Supreme Court Justice Samuel ...

President Lyndon Johnson introduces Abe Fortas (r) and John Chancellor (l) at a news conference at the White House in July 1965. The Chief Executive named Fortas, a longtime friend and Washington ...

In the aftermath of Justice Abe Fortas’s resignation from the Supreme Court on May 14, 1969, a decision provoked by his own ethical lapses– political and financial– that were themselves products of an ...

When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigned 55 years ago this month, he was facing congressional calls for his impeachment. He had been on the court for less than four years and had ...

Abe Fortas became the first Supreme Court Justice to step down under threat of impeachment when he submitted a letter of resignation to Chief Justice Earl Warren May 14, 1969. The resignation, which ...

Dr. William A. Wexler, international president of B’nai B’rith, has sent a special communication to B’nai B’rith officials and leaders throughout the country deploring Senate efforts to block the ...

In 1969 Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigned for accepting a $20,000 consulting fee (which he returned) from a man who was convicted of security fraud. He did so because the Supreme Court is the ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Abe Fortas has seven videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1964 video. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 1966 with an ...