Paul V McNutt and the Supremes

Also, your DOMA ruling is too broad: the case was only about federal, not state recognition. You are pulling a Taney (as in Dred Scott), and since about 3/4 of the states do not recognize gay marriage,

You are right there, the court could not rule on a part of the law that is not part of the law suit. ITTL gay marriage is now legal everywhere in the United States. So I assume previous marriage would be recognized.

you just ensured the Republicans will win in 2014 and 2016 with cries of judicial activism.
There will be an angry reaction among opponents of gay marriage, who very motivated to vote. oOf course, after a year of legal gay marriage and nothing bad happening I think it will less an issue.
 
I'm thinking this belongs in ASB, not least because it's friend Paul again,:p but because Fortas overcomes a Senate filibuster for no reason beyond author fiat.

In fairness to Paul, he does give a reason for this: Fortas is nominated in '67, rather than '68, so the Republicans can't just run out the clock and let Nixon make the appointment.
 
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Which rests on more handwavium. Why does Warren resign a year early? Is there a shred of evidence he even considered it?

None that I know of, but this is alternative history. If we can add or subtract years from a person's life, we can make someone want to retire after fourteen years, instead of fifteen.
 
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