‘New York Times’ Whitewashes Abe Fortas

We are currently watching what appears to be a coordinated effort to get Clarence Thomas off the Supreme Court. Adam Cohen makes explicit the objective, writing in the New York Times that, as the headline argues, “54 Years Ago, a Supreme Court Justice Was Forced to Quit for Behavior Arguably Less Egregious Than Thomas’s.” Here is how he describes the misconduct of Justice Abe Fortas:

Cohen is downplaying some of the problems with what Fortas did and omitting others. Here’s how Allen Pusey of the American Bar Association Journal, writing in 2020, explained what Fortas did:

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We are currently watching what appears to be a coordinated effort to get Clarence Thomas off the Supreme Court. Adam Cohen makes explicit the objective, writing in the New York Times that, as the headline argues, “54 Years Ago, a Supreme Court Justice Was Forced to Quit for Behavior Arguably Less Egregious Than Thomas’s.” Here is how he describes the misconduct of Justice Abe Fortas:

Cohen is downplaying some of the problems with what Fortas did and omitting others. Here’s how Allen Pusey of the American Bar Association Journal, writing in 2020, explained what Fortas did: