Abe Fortas: The Justice Who Walked So Clarence Thomas Could Run [TEASER]

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Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

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🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Get a load of this - this guy accepted a SALARY for TEACHING at a SCHOOL. Simply not Supreme Court justice material. Get the guy who sold a house to a billionaire instead.

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0:00.0	So what's this I hear about you pulling any horns on borders? I thought we were going to confirm him.
0:09.1	Hey everyone. This is Leon from fiasco andco and Prolog Projects.
0:13.0	On this episode of 5-4, the hosts are talking about Abe Fortis.
0:18.0	Fortas served as an Associate Justice from 1965 to 1969,
0:22.0	and was then nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson to serve as Chief Justice.
0:26.0	But a coalition opposed desegregation,
0:29.0	including Senator Strom Thurmond,
0:31.0	managed to block the nomination.
0:33.2	I am permitted with his positions, but the reason I'm asking these questions is to build a record
0:39.3	so the Senate itself will know his positions, and the public will know his positions.
0:44.9	The majority of the public and maybe a majority of the Senate will take the same position
0:49.0	that I do concerning his confirmation.
0:51.9	The opposition to Fortis dug up enough dirt to prompt him to resign in disgrace as a way to avoid impeachment.
0:57.8	But in our modern era, with Supreme Court justices being treated to millions of dollars
1:02.4	worth of travel, regularly appearing
1:04.6	at partisan events, and brokering real estate deals involving people with business before the
1:08.9	court, Fortis' transgressions seem downright tame. This is 5- four, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.
1:17.0	Welcome to five to four where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have
1:25.2	threatened our civil liberties like Elon Musk threatening a lawsuit against
1:29.1	someone who criticizes him. I'm Peter I'm here with Reannen. Hey, hi Peter. Michael, taking the day whenever there's a premium episode. He tries to get out of it and sometimes we let him.
1:40.0	We've allowed him one day off.
1:44.0	That's right.
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