Across
- 4. Senator who died in a plane crash in 1964
- 5. First name; Supreme Court justice nominated by Ruckelshaus, their ruling on a key abortion case later angered the Religious Right
- 6. Name of a conservative party that nominated Pat Robertson in 1988
- 8. First name; This daughter of a U.S. President was already a famous actress on Disney Channel when her father became president
- 10. A California politician who often sparred with Senator Gore Vidal
- 12. President Oliver North's invasion of this nation prompted Gore Vidal to call us the "United States of Amnesia"
- 13. Vidal is buried near this former US Secretary of State
Down
- 1. First woman governor of NY; known for her sharp wit
- 2. Two words; Gore Vidal wrote this controversial novel while a US Senator
- 3. Advocacy for this issue helped launch Ralph Nader on a trajectory that would make him president
- 7. Joe Biden was president of this organization from 1982-1989
- 9. Became Archbishop of New York in 2006
- 11. First Black nominee for U.S. President by a major party
- 14. Football star Marco Rubio was traded to this team after playing for the Miami Dolphins
