Nixon administration actively sought "dirt" on 'liberal" SCOTUS justices [View All]

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in hopes of making them resign so he could change the nature of the court by appointing conservative justices, like Rehnquist.

Just skimming "The Brethren" by Bob Woodward and a co-author.

Abe Fortas did resign, a couple others divested themselves of the connections that Nixon admin was planning to use against them.

And that era was Rove's training and practice ground for dirty tricks etc.