Today in Supreme Court History: November 22, 1963

11/22/1963: President Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath of office. He would appoint two Justices to the Supreme Court: Abe Fortas and Thurgood Marshall.

President Johnson appointed Justices Fortas and Marshall

Comments

[AmosArch]

'I'll have those N455ers voting Democratic for the next 200 years!'
Prog hero LBJ.

[Frank Drackman]

Like Ronaldus Maximus and his "Welfare Queen" comment there's no documentation LBJ ever said that, but hey, don't let facts get in the way it's a great story!!!

[Frank Drackman]

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Mr. Kot-Tair!!,
I've got a better "Today in Surpreme Court History", sorry it's a day late, I was sick, I've got a letter from Horshack's Mother.

November 21, 1922 First Woman United States Senator was Sworn into Orifice.
Apologize for the lack of detail, my Dog ate that part of the letter.
But I'll give you this much, she resigned before serving her entire term, and had another similarity to MTG.
Rest is up to you to figure out, First Woman US Senator, should be a pretty commonly known nugget among this group of Over Educated Eggheads.

Frank

[JoeFromtheBronx]

Judge Sarah Hughes swore in LBJ.

JFK chose her when she was 65. He worried that she was too old, but it helped that she had allies in high places, including LBJ. She served the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Texas.

Hughes retired as an active federal judge in 1975 but continued serving as a senior judge until 1982. That's a decent run, significantly longer than one of JFK's justices, who (ill-advisedly) resigned after a few years.

Justice Arthur Goldberg is noted for his Ninth Amendment focused (his clerk, Stephen Breyer, helped write it) opinion in Griswold v. Connecticut. Sarah Hughes wrote the (per curiam) three judge district court opinion of Roe v. Wade.

Linda Coffee, her former clerk, argued the case on one side with Sarah Weddington. Coffee is still alive. As is Stephen Breyer.