Fortas wasn't confirmed as Chief Justice because of some
Posted on: October 12, 2020 at 16:12:06 CT
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first amendment rulings that ****ed off the Dixiecrats and southern Republicans. The payments for the speaking engagements were legal. Fortas was the first person to be truly "Borked".
The corruption didn't come out until at least a year after the CJ nomination went bust.
Bork was pretty much DOA because of his involvement in the Saturday Night Massacre during Watergate.