On the other hand, there are many subtleties that make the position of Chief Justice unusual.

For example, the full title of his official title is "Chief Justice of the United States", while the full title of the other eight colleagues is "Supreme Court of Justice of the United States", a difference intended to emphasize the equal status of the highest French-speaking federal government department, while at the same time exuding the chief excellence.

Second, there are certain duties, such as the fact that the Chief Justice can preside over senators during the impeachment of the President, as provided for in Article 1, Section 3 of the Constitution.

Don't underestimate this article, when it comes to impeaching the president, the power to dominate the rules of procedure and procedures of the Senate is an extremely terrible backhand.

He is also the swear-in officer of the President.

Fondst's nomination was naturally due to his good relationship with Lyndon Johnson.

He was Edward's senior and Yale graduate, spanning law and politics for a long time, and had a strong friendship with Johnson at a young age, and held important administrative roles in all three Truman JFK Johnson administrations.

In terms of legal ability, the case of Keane v. Wainwright, where he served as a defense lawyer for 63 years, finally entered the Supreme People's Court trial process.

The outcome of this case constitutes one of the important clauses in the "Miranda Warning": "If you cannot afford a lawyer, the court can appoint a lawyer for you if you wish." ”

Such an old legal artist who is both virtuous and artistic, it seems that everything is within the plans of the Democratic Party.

But in fact, the conservatives' counterattack came extremely violently, and the fight was often unbridled.

Conservatives are prepared!

After Fontas was nominated for the Chief Justice, Senator Strom Thurmond from South Carolina — the man with the super-strong prostate who spoke in the Senate for 24 hours in one breath pointed out that Mr. Fonth had previously charged $15,000 for his lectures, nominally from the university that invited him to speak — and that seemed fine.

But in fact, Thurmond threw out a lot of evidence that the money actually came from private and commercial enterprises, noting that the money was collected around 1965, and Mr. Thurmond endured it for four years.

Apparently conservatives are also well aware of the liberal mentality, and they hold back in order to get to the point when the time is right – not only to get rid of a liberal justice, but also to get the chief justice.

The price of 15,000 is also 7 times the market price at that time.

It's a question, but it's just the beginning, and Lord Thurmond himself jumps to the foreground, and a big drama slowly begins.

Because Fontas had to explain in the senator's hearing that the money was reasonable and legal income.

So the nomination was delayed.

And Justice Warren's resignation has also become a fait accompli (in fact, it can be withdrawn, but the political and legal figures of this era have a somewhat bottom line, how not to say it in private, at least on the table are still trying to be a personal ...... ）。

It dragged on until Nixon came to power.

A few days after the new sworn in office, a new scandal broke out about Fontas.

He is accused of striking a deal in 1966 with Wall Street magnate Louis Wolfson, who was hired to manage the family foundation of Fontas, which would generate at least $20,000 a year in annuities for Fontas's descendants, twice the annual income of a middle class.

At a time when Wolfson was being charged with violating securities laws (the guy was selling unregistered securities — in other words, it was either a fraud or an illegal fundraiser), he was managing the family fund for Fontas, apparently looking for his relationship with President Johnson — and trying to find an exoneration or even a pardon through this channel.

In short, after Nixon came to power, Fontas's life became more and more difficult, similar accusations one after another, and he is still resisting repeatedly, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is not far from resigning.

Since the conservatives have the executive power in their hands, Nixon can ask the Justice Department to set up a special investigation team and appoint independent prosecutors to conduct special investigations against Justice Tass and issue regular reports!

This is unacceptable for the justices and the Federal Supreme Court!

In the history of the Supreme Court, only Samuel Zeiss in the early 19th century has been impeached, and he deserved to be impeached, but in the end he escaped by not getting the votes that passed in the senators.

But the methods of elite politicians in the United States are not limited to this, in order to keep Samuel Zeiss intimidated for 10,000 years, in the years after him, no justice has been impeached.

In other words, Zeiss was hung up as a special case, and as long as the United States existed for one day, he would not be forgotten by everyone, and would live forever in everyone's mind as a negative example.

After that, if the chief justice does something undignified, then both the party and other justices will persuade him to resign voluntarily - in order to save the last face of the law (at first it was to hang Zeiss, and then it became a habit, and it is good for everyone to step down with dignity).

Unlike the president and senators or other important officials, the justices value professional competence and have ethical requirements, but not so highly. (Master Daniel Brewster: I protest, this is nonsense!) ）

Or to understand it this way, it is not a particularly big problem for Mr. Brewster to collect hundreds of thousands, although the competitors must be stubborn, but most people will feel that this is not too much of a problem.

But in exchange for the justice, a few hundred dollars is enough to bring his reputation to the ground.

The law is based on morality, morality is the starting line of the law, and for the guy who fouls at the starting line, there is only a dead end waiting for him.

Justice Fontas was struck by lightning this time.

He was also a native of Tennessee, and it was well known that the export of slavery was once a well-known industry in the state.

As a native of Tennessee, he supported the "civil rights movement" of JFK and Johnson, much to the displeasure of Lord Thurmond.

In fact, Southern Democrats have long been furious about Tennessee's "betrayal."

In 1956, as the leader of the Southern Democrats, Mr. Thurmond had initiated a Southern declaration against integration, which was aimed at the Southern Union states during the Civil War.

Only three of the descendants of these slave traders' states did not sign the declaration.

First up is Lyndon Johnson from Texas.

Then there were the two Tennessee Senators, of whom Thurmond even put down his money to lobby the veteran Albert Gore Sr. (whose son was more famous than him), but the latter flatly refused, and the latter voted for Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice.

Of course, Lord Thurmond was not happy, but, after all, he was a senator and could not move.

But can't you get a senator and a justice?

This coincides with the new administration's intention to rebuild conservative authority from the judiciary.

Judge Friedman is an old man, and of course he has to answer the call.

Thinking of this, Edward felt a little more comfortable, after all, this was no longer an area that he could influence.

As an important institution at the federal judicial level, the Federal Circuit Court must be nominated by the president and approved by the senators before they can take office, so the perception of the political environment must be the most sensitive.

But it also deepened his concerns.

Originally, he thought that even if this case went to the Supreme Court, his side would have a great chance of winning.

Can ...... now

Senator Thurmond was in the vanguard, trying every means to attack Fontas from all sides.

not only grabbed him everywhere, but also had even more shameless routines.

For example, in the "Deep Throat" case, Fontas made it clear that the Constitution protects the right of adults to be in a closed-door movie theater.

This made this group of southern defenders furious.

Master Thurmond had an idea of immorality, and he got a batch of wool films, and then played them in public during a short break in the Senate!

According to Fontas, this is not against the law, the Senate is full of adults, and then it meets behind closed doors.

Even so, the Democratic media called the act "Fontass Film Festival" — and all sorts of rumors and slanders were rhythmic, insisting that Fontas had an extraordinary relationship with one of the actors in the showcase.

Of course, the raid launched by Lord Thurmond was not punished by any law, and Fontas could only swallow his anger in the face of these slanders, after all, he still wanted to seek the position of chief justice.

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In the end, ten Republicans voted in favor of the bill in the Senate, but 12 Democratic Senators voted against it — all of them undoubtedly so-called Southern Democrats.

Even James Oliver Eastland, then chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Johnson directly that "no one has been as widely criticized as he is."

As a heavyweight among the Democratic senators, it is disrespectful to speak so to his own president.

But if you know James Oliver Eastland's basic resume, you will feel that he is obviously very restrained in saying this.

This old man was born in ...... Ahem...... Mississippi, his father...... cough cough cough cough ...... He is a cotton plantation owner......

As an adult, I worked as a lawyer and ...... at the same time Ahem...... Inherited the family business...... As a result of his efforts, the cotton plantation expanded to 6,000 acres, and you can see how many people pick cotton in it.

Lyndon Johnson once said of him: "Eastland may be standing in the midst of the worst flood ever recorded in Mississippi, and he is saying: With the help of the Communists, NGER caused the flood!" ”

These guys became active again with Nixon's rise to power, and although they also made some concessions, such as no longer insisting that blacks were an inferior race, their conservative stubbornness began to permeate the skies over Washington.

Lord Fontass and thus became a sacrifice.

Obviously, the conservatives took advantage of Nixon's comeback this time with ferocious and strong momentum......

The Thurmonds took the Democrats' steps, held back, and then suddenly took out a liberal justice and won the nomination of the chief justice.

It should be one of the biggest mistakes Johnson made by the old scheming Johnson.

His every move was all expected by the other party, and he made a targeted counterattack.

By the way, there are two ways in which senators endorse justices nominated by the president.

One is voting, which requires different votes in different historical periods, ranging from a simple majority to two-thirds, which is what modern democratic politics should look like.

The second is full of classical political romance, passed by acclamation, after the hearing, there will be a special procedure to confirm everyone's attitude, if everyone thinks it is OK, then you can not vote, all the enthusiastic applause representatives unanimously agree. (Of course, it's all pre-blended.) ）

It is very interesting that Justice Fontas is the last justice in the history of the United States to pass the senator's approval in the form of "warm applause", and then all the justices must be determined by voting, even if there is a high vote like 9x:x, there will be no more applause, which also shows that the party struggle between the two parties is becoming more and more intense, and both sides have begun to disregard decency and shamelessness.

In addition, because of the beautiful sniping of the Republican Party, the chief justices were conservatives from then on, all the way to Edward's crossing......

Of course, there is another more conspiracy theory explanation, that Warren is actually playing a double game with the Republicans, after all, he himself is a Republican, although he has made great achievements in judicial freedom.

But as a patriot, you may have other thoughts in mind when you see that the violent movement and the democratic revolution that intensified in the United States in the mid-to-late sixties had a lot to do with his judicial liberalization.

So he secretly negotiated with the Republican Party to directly get the conservatives two more seats in the Supreme Court, so as to curb the domestic movement that was almost out of control......

Logically sound, but without any evidence......

That's what politics should be......

Washington's muddy waters in Moscow are deeper and colder, and those who can touch the fish in it, such as Lord Thurmond, are politicians in the true sense of the word.

Compared to Lord Thurmond's previous actions, Edward's previous actions were really a battle between fireflies and bright moons.

He felt a chill on his body, and a chill slowly rose from the bottom of his heart, and the cold snap from the sky over Washington had begun to spread across the country.

Cape Cod is a summer getaway, but right now, Edward doesn't have a vacation in mind.

He and Lustberg had done their best, and the future of the case was beyond his guess.

The more I think about it, the more annoying it becomes.

My heart is cold, but my body is hot.

He looked left and right to see that there was no one, so he simply took off his clothes with a twist......

"Fuck it! This ** broken lawsuit, Lao Tzu won't be able to serve it! ”

"No......" another voice sounded in his head.

"I didn't take a penny from TMD! That's all there is to it! ACLU is Nima Huang Shiren, and he won't trouble me!! ”

"You didn't take the money though!" Another voice in his head said coldly.

Suddenly, the tone of the voice became obscene: "But someone can take it!" ”

"Makes sense!" Edward was instantly persuaded by himself, "It seems that I have to continue to work hard!" Ahem! ”