Abe Fortas today was sworn in as the 95th Justice in the 174-year history of the United States Supreme Court. He succeeds Arthur J. Goldberg as the court’s Junior member.
A “Constitutional oath” was administered in a private ceremony before the public ceremony in which a public oath was administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren.
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