Bobby Lee Fortas

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bobby_Lee_Fortas

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Person
gptkbp:affiliation	gptkb:National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union gptkb:American_Bar_Association
gptkbp:birthDate	1910-10-14
gptkbp:burialPlace	gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:child	gptkb:David_Fortas gptkb:Robert_Fortas gptkb:Miriam_Fortas
gptkbp:court	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States Associate Justice
gptkbp:deathDate	1982-04-04
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Yale_Law_School
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Bobby_Lee_Fortas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Bobby Lee Fortas
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:William_O._Douglas gptkb:Hugo_Black gptkb:Frank_Murphy
gptkbp:knownFor	Constitutional law Separation of church and state Social justice advocacy Judicial review Right to privacy Criminal justice reform Due process rights Right to counsel Civil rights advocacy Voting rights advocacy Judicial activism Free speech rights Equal protection under the law Legal ethics advocacy Judicial independence advocacy Education rights advocacy
gptkbp:notableFeature	gptkb:Loving_v._Virginia gptkb:Tinker_v._Des_Moines_Independent_Community_School_District gptkb:Miranda_v._Arizona
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Gideon_v._Wainwright gptkb:Fortas_v._California
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:Judge Lawyer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth	gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee
gptkbp:placeOfDeath	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Arthur_Goldberg
gptkbp:president	gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Miriam_Fortas
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:termEnd	1969-05-14
gptkbp:termStart	1965-08-30