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Oral History of Nathan Lewin
Index
Acheson, Dave, 105
ACLU, 179, 199, 200, 203–4, 209, 210
Afroyim v. Rusk, 91, 99
Alito, Justice Samuel, 178, 230, 239, 247, 251, 252, 253
Allegheny County v. ACLU, 203
American Jewish Congress, 176, 205, 215
American Legion v. American Humanist Association, 250–51
Ami, 245
Arnold, Richard, 30, 32, 48
Baker Botts, 235–36
Baker v. Carr, 60, 70
Barbizon Plaza Theater, 16, 17–18
Barrett, Justice Amy Coney, 256
Bator, Paul, 41, 55–56
Becket Fund, The, 221, 223
Bergman, Bernard, 147–51
Bernstein, Dori, 229
Black, Justice Hugo, 58, 62, 63–66, 72, 73, 100
Blackmun, Justice, 187, 203–4, 222
Brandeis Center, 236, 247
Brennan, Justice William J., 48, 100, 176, 187, 191, 193–97, 207–8
Bruchhausen, Judge Walter, 139–40
Burger, Justice Warren, 176, 177–78, 186–87, 251
Buscemi, Peter, 202
Caliguiri, Mayor, 198–99, 201, 204–5
Carson v. Mason, 255
Cassidy, John, 126, 128, 153, 233
Chabad v. Miller, 211
Cherno, Marc, 50
Civil Rights Act, 35, 36, 181–83; Section 7J of, 183
Claiborne, Lewis, 120–23
Clark, Judge Charles, 50, 53
Clark, Justice Tom, 60
Clark, Ramsey, 123–24
Clement, Paul, 228
Clinton, President William, 30, 165, 218–19
Cooper, Judge Christopher, 259
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 189, 191
Cox, Archibald, 70–71, 85, 88, 93, 94, 101, 121, 165
Currie, Dave, 31, 32–33
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Danishefsky, Samuel, 22
Davis, Alan, 31
Department of Justice, 47, 71–73, 75–76, 101, 104, 112, 133, 162–64, 165, 170, 185, 189, 210,
213–14, 232
Dershowitz, Alan, 258
Dewey v. Reynolds Metals, 181–82
Doar, John, 104
Douglas, John, 75–76
Douglas, Justice William O., 65–66, 100
Durkin, Jim, 77
Dym, Herbert, 32
Eastern District of New York, 98, 142, 144, 146, 258
Edwards, Congressman Harry, 167, 190–91
Engel v. Vitale, 64–65, 70
Enker, Arnold, 19, 21–22
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 181–82
Establishment Clause, 45–47, 64–65, 177–79, 184, 186–87, 199–200, 203–6, 208–9, 213–16,
221, 223, 246–47, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254–55
Estate of Thornton vs Caldor, 184–87, 254–55
Evans, Courtney, 126–27
Feldman, Noah, 180
Flamer v. City of White Plains, 212–13
Fortas, Justice Abraham, 99
Foster, Jodie, 157–58
Frankel, Judge Marvin, 140, 148–50
Frankfurter, Felix, 20, 40, 48, 60–63, 68, 121, 134–35
Free Exercise Clause, 177, 191–92, 215, 246–47, 249, 253, 255
French, John, 31–32, 40, 48
Fried, Charles, 192
Friedman, Paul, 160
Friendly, Judge Henry, 50, 53
Fulton v. Philadelphia, 252
Gardner, Earle Stanley, 18
Gerhardt, Mike, 259
Ginsburg, Justice Ruth Bader, 167, 191
Giuliana, Rudy, 172
Goldman v. Weinberger, 192, 251, 254
Goldwater, Senator Barry, 193
Gorelick, Jamie, 146–47, 258
Gorsuch, Justice Neil, 178, 214, 245, 247
Green, Judge June, 171, 173
Griswold, Erwin, 26, 32, 122–23
Halberstam, Malvina, 62–63
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Hand, Learned, 39–40, 49
Hansen, George, 170–71, 172–74
Hardison v. TWA, 183–84, 254–55
Harlan, Justice John Marshall, 40–44, 46–47, 48, 55–61, 62–64, 65–71, 88, 94, 96, 108, 131,
134–35, 142, 240
Harvard Law Review, 20, 30–31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 253
Harvard Law School, 19–21, 26–32, 34–35, 37, 41, 48–49, 55–56, 76, 119, 131, 135, 145, 146–
47, 180, 227, 252–53, 258–59
Hatch, Orrin, 173–174
Hebrew University, 194, 196
Hecht, Senator Chick, 193
Henkin, Lou, 19–20, 134
Heymann, Phillip, 31, 32, 40, 48, 85, 88, 112, 113
Hinckley, John, 157–61
Hitler, Adolf, 2–5
Hoffa, Jimmy, 77–90, 93, 97, 103, 104–5, 144, 171
Hooker, John J., 87
Hostetler, Zona, 27
Hoyt v. Florida, 240
Hruska, Senator Roman, 113
Humane Slaughter law, 215, 216
Hynes, Charles, 148
Jaben v. United States, 93–94, 95
Jackson, Justice Ketanji Brown, 256–57
Jeffress, Bill, 142, 154, 234, 235, 257–58
Johnson, Lyndon, 114, 117, 118, 122, 123–24
Jones vs. Butz, 216
Kagan, Justice Elena, 239
Kaplan, Benjamin, 37–38, 39, 41, 49, 56
Katzenbach, Nick, 89, 90, 103–4, 112–13, 118–19
Kaufman, Judge Irving, 50–51, 156
Kavanaugh, Justice Brett, 178, 214, 227–29, 244–46, 247, 256–57
Kennedy, John F., 71, 75, 126
Kennedy, Justice Anthony, 139, 208, 218, 228, 231, 243–44
Kennedy, Robert, 71, 72–74, 77, 78, 81, 87, 89
Kennedy, Ted, 74
Kessler, Judge Gladys, 227
Knight, Frances, 112–13, 119–20, 136
Lamberth, Chief Judge Royce, 189, 241–42
Lamport, Felicia, 37
Landesman, Avrom, 131
Lemon v. Kurtzman, 176–79, 223, 245–47, 251–52
Lennon, John, 53–54, 155–57
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Leonard, Jerris, 122–23
Lewin, Nathan, on amicus briefs, 173, 176, 178–79, 183–84, 214, 222, 238–39, 246, 254–55;
on Civil Rights Division, 120–22, 125, 127, 161, 214; on clerkships, 40–41, 48–49, 55; on
comics, 38–39; on copyright law, 37–38; on cross-examination, 145–146; as Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, 120–22; on employment discrimination, 181; on family history, 1–9, 10; on
federal leave law, 46–47; on Independent Counsel, 164; on Jewish community in D.C., 128–30;
on juries, 106–7, 108–112; on keeping the Sabbath, 18–19, 32, 36, 46, 56, 58, 133, 134–35, 208,
257; on law school, 18–23, 25–29, 31–32, 33–35, 37–40, 41, 48, 50, 56, 76, 135, 181, 227, 252–
53, 258; on Lewin and Lewin, 233; on Martin Luther King assassination, 123, 124, 125; on
obstruction of justice convictions, 51–53; on passport validation for travel to Israel, 117–20; on
private practice, 126, 127–28, 130–33, 135–37; on pro bono work, 14, 135–36, 185, 226, 231–
32, 233, 235–36, 238; on right to a jury trial, 62; on Rule 11 sanction, 169; on schooling, 14–16;
at the Solicitor General’s office, 46, 71–73, 88–89, 91, 93–95, 98, 100–3, 121–23, 161–62, 185–
86, 192, 195, 202; as sports fan, 23–24; at the State Department, 113–17, 119–20; as a speaker,
237; on Talmud, 22–23, 27–28; as a teacher, 239; on the theater, 16–18; on trial work, 105–6,
107, 108; on writing briefs, 101–2; on cases: Abercrombie and Fitch case, 183; Atlanta menorah
case, 210–11; Belle Harbor eruv case, 179; Bremerton case, 251; Burlington menorah case, 212–
213; City of Boerne case, 218–19; City of Grand Rapids case, 209–10, 220; eruv cases, 179–80,
217; Lemon v. Kurtzman; gerrymandering case, 137–40; Hoffa, Jimmy, case, 77–90, 93, 97, 103,
104–5, 144, 171; Immigration Service case, 91–92, 99–100; Jerusalem passport case, 224–32;
Jewish divorce case, 216–17; Kiryas Joel case, 254–55; Korematsu cases, 243–44; Mary Carter
Paint case, 97; Maryland Cross case, 221–23, 237–39, 250; Midrash Sephardi case, 217–18;
milk marketing case, 66–67; Mississippi case, 103–4; nursing home cases, 145–48; O Centro
case, 219; Pittsburgh menorah case, 198–209, 220, 222; State of Israel case, 168; individual case,
Lewin v. New York Times, 151
Lieberman, Joe, 185–86, 254
Liptak, Adam, 228
Litman, Roslyn, 203
Lubavitch, Chabad, 198–99, 209
Mahmoud v. Taylor, 253–54
Marshall, Justice Thurgood, 91, 98, 187
Masloff, Sophie, 205–8
Mayers, Dan, 31, 32
McCall, Ethel, 59
McConnell, Michael, 185, 214
McCune, Judge Barron, 199–200, 205–6, 207
McKay, Jim, 164
Meese, Ed, 161–64, 249–50
Michelman, Frank, 30, 32
Mikva, Abner, 166–67, 190–91
Miller, Jack, 76, 78, 86, 104, 107, 126–27, 128, 130, 150–51, 152, 153, 233–34, 260
Miller Cassidy, 151–52, 170, 187, 233–36
Minsker, Marty, 108, 109, 110, 142, 144, 234, 257–58, 260
Mitchell, John, 85, 122, 125–26
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Monahan, Philip, 101–2
Moore, Richard, 152, 153
Mortenson, Stan, 153, 235
Mueller, Robert, 162
Naftalis, Gary, 150
Neal, Jim, 77–79, 82, 83–85, 87–88, 107
New Republic, 54–55, 150–51, 153
New York Times, 143, 147, 149, 150, 151, 163, 228
Newman, Gus, 149
Nixon, Richard, 16–17, 122, 126, 131, 150–54
Oberdorfer, Louis, 75, 104
Oberly, Kathryn, 192
Obermeier, Otto, 54
Office of Direct Foreign Investments, 132–33
Parker, Judge Barrington, 158
Partin, Edward Grady, 81–83, 87–89
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, 36
Pearson, Drew, 79
Pollak, Steve, 120, 122
Pollard, Jonathan, 188
Ramaz School, 14–15
Randolph, Ray, 102–3, 257
Randolph, Senator Jennings, 182
Ray, James Earl, 124–35
Reagan, Ronald, 157
Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 218
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 217
Rhinelander, John, 42–43, 57, 58–59, 131
Robinson, Judge Aubrey, 108, 110, 166, 188–89
Robinson v. California, 67–70
Rocap, Jim, 163
Rosenberg, Beatrice, 101
Rosenblatt, Albert, 252
Rosenthal, Bernard, 142–146
Rowe, Tom, 258
Rubinstein, Elyakim, 196–97
Ryan, Raymond J., 130–32
Sanders, Spec, 23–24
Saunders, George, 73–74
Scalia, Justice Antonin, 27, 28, 31, 32–33, 167, 173–75, 183, 191, 208, 214–15, 218, 230, 239,
247, 252–53
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Schoettle, Andy, 49
Schwarz, Frederick August Otto “Fritz,” 49, 55
Seventh Day Adventist case, 181, 182–83, 238
Shaffer, Charles, 77, 78–79, 82, 87
Sherbert v. Verner, 191–92
Sheridan, Walter, 81–83
Six Day War, 113–17
Smith opinion, 191, 214, 218, 252–53
Solarz, Congressman Steve, 44–46, 47, 192–93, 194–95, 197, 213
Sotomayor, Judge Sonia, 212, 213
Srinivasan, Chief Judge Sri, 259
Starr, Kenneth, 165, 167, 168, 169, 191
Stewart, Justice Potter, 64, 65, 68–69, 70, 141
Sugihara, Chiune, 7–9
Supreme Court Review, 59–60
Swan, Judge Thomas, 40, 49
Terris, Bruce, 102
Tjoflet, Chief Judge, 211
Travis v. United States, 98–99
Truman, President Harry, 72
United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg v. Carey, 138–40
United States v. Bufalino, 50
United States v. Laub, 98–99
Vinson, Fred, 90, 97, 125
Vinson, Jr., Fred, 90
Voting Rights Act, 140–41
Wallach, Bob, 161–62, 164
Warren, Chief Justice Earl, 70, 74, 97–98, 176–77
Watergate, 77, 85, 150, 152, 162
Watson, Barbara, 113
Waxman, Seth, 218, 258
Webbert, David, 208
Webster vs. Reproductive Services, 204
Weinberger, Casper, 166, 187–88, 251
Weingarten, Reid, 171
Westover v. United States, 100
White, Justice Byron, 61–62, 69, 114, 141, 184
Wiener, Frederick Bernays, 70
Willens, Howard, 77, 78
Williams, Edward Bennett, 52
Yale University Law School, 19–22, 228
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Yarborough, Fletcher, 31, 33
Yeshiva University High School, 15, 177
Zivotofsky case. See Cases, Jerusalem passport case
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