Tag: hugo black
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Courage and Cunning vs. Conservative Crackpottery: The Battle Over the Bricker Amendment

In the mid-1950s, conservative isolationists – whipped up by fears of one-world government – tried to amend the Constitution to take away the President’s authority to negotiate treaties. Kefauver stood up to stop it.
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Justice Kefauver?

In the summer of 1961, rumors swirled that a Supreme Court justice was going to resign, and Kefauver would be his replacement, Why didn’t it happen?