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Off the Record, On the Stand

More Perfect

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The Resignation of Justices Lewis Powell Jr. And William Renquist

In 1971, as Earl Caldwell is preparing to appear at the Supreme Court, the court has a solid block of relatively liberal justices. But then, within one week, the White House announced that Justice Hugo L. Black had retired from the bench. Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan turned in his resignation today just six days later. And so the entire balance of the court shifts, which is where we pick up with Michael Lohinger's story.

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