Abe Fortas

Abraham " Abe" Fortas (born 19 June 1910 in Memphis, Tennessee, † April 5, 1982 in Washington, DC) was a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Biography

The son of an Orthodox Jewish carpenter studied after visiting the South Side High School and Southwestern College from 1930 to 1933 at Yale Law School and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B. ) from. He then worked as a university lecturer at Yale Law School until 1937. In addition to a career as a lawyer, he was also editor of the " Yale Law Journal". During World War II, he was retired due to an eye disease from the military service.

After the Second World War he was in 1946 co-founder and partner of the law firm Arnold & Porter Company, which now employs 625 lawyers. In addition, was a member of the American Bar Association and a member of the Board of Trustees (Board of Trustees ) of the Law Society (American Judicature Society Board of Trustees ).

On 4 October 1965 he was appointed by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson to the Supreme Court of the United States. He held until his resignation on May 14, 1969 this office.

During his tenure as a judge, he served as representative of the majority opinion in the following major decisions:

On July 5, 1969 his portrait appeared on the cover of TIME magazine.

In 1968, President Johnson also nominated him as Chief Justice after the former Chief Justice Earl Warren announced his retirement. Once, however, in the U.S. Senate formed resistance against Fortas confirmation, the President of his nomination in October 1968 withdrew again. A year later, Johnson's successor, Richard Nixon appointed Warren E. Burger as the new Chief Justice, which the Senate also confirmed.

After retiring from the Supreme Court in 1969, he went into private business and was a member of the supervisory board of Braniff International Airways and Vice President of the Federated Department Stores.

Publications

  • " Concerning Dissent and Civil Disobedience " (1969 ) ( About dissent and civil disobedience )
Cabinet Room (White House) Memphis (Tennessee) List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States Time (magazine) Chief Justice of the United States Integrated Authority File
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