Fortas Issue / American Bar Association / Court Appointments

Fortas Issue / American Bar Association / Court Appointments #5312

ABC Evening News for Tuesday, May 20, 1969
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(Studio) American Bar Association Committee on Ethics says Abe Fortas-Louis Wolfson arrangement controversial to judicial ethical canons. Committee says judge must avoid even an appearance of impropriety. Senator Margaret Chase Smith says Nixon rules out appointed of Congress members to Supreme Court until after 1970 elections.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith

Reporter(s):: Smith, Howard K.
Duration:: 00:00:20

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