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Writing the First Draft of History: Anthony Lewis as Supreme Court Correspondent
Author(s) -
Powe L. A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of supreme court history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1540-5818
pISSN - 1059-4329
DOI - 10.1111/j.1059-4329.2004.00080.x
Subject(s) - supreme court , law , chose , political science , art , history
The legendary Washington Bureau Chief and columnist of The New York Times , James Reston, with a push from Felix Frankfurter, decided that the paper of record would have its own correspondent specializing in the Supreme Court. 1 With his eye for excellent young talent, 2 Reston chose Anthony Lewis, already a Pulitzer‐Prize winner before his thirtieth birthday, 3 and sent him to Harvard for the 1956–57 academic year as a Nieman Fellow to study law.