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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Document Information
Type:
Manuscript draft / legal memoir (evidence in house oversight investigation)
File Size:
2.67 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a manuscript (possibly Alan Dershowitz's memoir, given the context of clerking for Justice Goldberg) submitted to the House Oversight Committee. It details the legal history and strategy regarding Supreme Court challenges to the death penalty, specifically discussing *McGautha v. California* (1971) and the landmark *Furman v. Georgia* decision. The narrator describes the shift in the Court's makeup due to Nixon appointees and recounts a celebratory phone call from Justice Goldberg after the *Furman* victory.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Justice Goldberg | Supreme Court Justice |
Proposed the argument against the death penalty; called the narrator to congratulate them.
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| Narrator | Former Law Clerk |
Author of the text (likely Alan Dershowitz given the context of clerking for Goldberg); credited with implementing Go...
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| Nixon | Former US President |
Mentioned regarding his four appointees to the Supreme Court.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Supreme Court |
United States Supreme Court
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| California Supreme Court |
Ruled the death penalty unconstitutional under state constitution.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document production (Bates stamp).
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Timeline (2 events)
1971
Mc-Gautha v. California decision holding death penalty procedures constitutional.
Washington D.C.
1972 (End of 1971 term)
Furman v. Georgia decision ruling the death penalty unconstitutional as administered.
Washington D.C.
Locations (2)
| Location | Context |
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Jurisdiction of Mc-Gautha case and California Supreme Court.
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Jurisdiction of Furman case.
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Relationships (1)
Mentions 'my first day as his law clerk' and Goldberg calling to credit him.
Key Quotes (3)
"The umpires — if not the rules — had been changed after the strategy of the game had been worked out and irretrievably put into action."Source
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"The argument proposed by Justice Goldberg on my first day as his law clerk had now been accepted by a majority of the Justices."Source
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Quote #2
"Goldberg called me in joy, offering mutual congratulations and crediting me with implementing his idea."Source
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Quote #3
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