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ould certainly consider such an offer. Eventually President Kennedy appointed someone else, deeming Taylor too libera
cases; * played a role, sometimes large, sometimes small, in some of the most cataclysmic events of the last half century—from the assassination of JFK, to the forced resignation of Richard Nixon, to the Chappaquiddick investigation of Ted Kennedy, to the impeachment of President Clinton, to the war
heard the “I have a dream” speech of Martin Luther King, was close to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and partook of events following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As a young lawyer, I played a role in the Pentagon Papers case, the forced resignation of Richard Nixon, and the anti-war prosecutions of Dr. Spock
appointed but he knew it would have taken a miracle to overcome the objections of the Justice Department, and he didn’t have close connections to the Kennedys. “Good for you. Not so good for me. And good for the country,” is how he summarized the appointment to me a few days later. Good for me, because the
r father’s deteriorating economic situation. She went to work as a bookkeeper, earning $12 a week. My father, who was not a good student, attended a Yeshiva high school in Williamsberg. It was called Torah V’Daas—ttranslated as Bible and Knowledge. He began to work during high school and never attended co
In 2012, A Republican candidate for President, Rick Santorum, said that the concept of an absolute separation of church and state, as articulated by John Kennedy when he was running for president, “makes me want to throw up.” Other candidates, though expressly themselves less graphically, have also railed agai
y at the same time, and they both defected, leaving his two children and his elderly mother behind. But within a year or so, with the help of Senator Kennedy and others, we managed to get the whole family out. We have remained close friends since that time. Another close friend who started out as a client
4.2.12 WC: 191694 I also knew that our Constitution said some things about religion. In our Yeshiva we learned mostly about the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of religion. But I started to read a little more about the Constitution and quick
nd would always be “a 75 student.” (I didn’t quite live up to his expectations, graduating with an average below 75). Moreover, my high school was a Yeshiva—a “parochial school” and I am not a parochial person. I did not respect most of my teachers, and the feeling was obviously mutual. Creativity was fro
nd anticipating watching a man walk on the moon. I had no idea how much more exciting the summer would become. I received a call from one of Senator Kennedy’s aides, telling me that the Senator had been involved in a fatal automobile accident and asking me to make my way to Martha’s Vineyard—a place I had
he Bible, and simply assumed that it must have been about adultery. So much for journalistic integrity. Shortly after the Clinton case was resolved, John Kennedy, Jr.—the late son of the former President—called and asked me if I would contribute an article to his magazine, George. He asked me if I would descri
sanction [and] to persecution no assistance.” These powerful words written by the father of our country were displayed on the bulletin board of our Yeshiva as if they constituted the Magna Carta for American Jews.* Yet we saw bigotry all around us. We knew that no Jew had ever been elected president. No
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