Word: baselessness
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...though, that intellectual excellence does not weigh heavily. The talk instead is of regional representation, Republican Party membership, age and, for the first time, the serious possibility of a woman Justice. The use of extralegal criteria in choosing a new Justice has ample historical precedent and is not entirely baseless. After all, it would be appropriate that Alabama's Black should be succeeded by another Southerner. To the extent that questions of balance are the overriding concern, however, they tend to rest on a limited conception of the court...
...people" to presume that they would not accept a black vice-presidential nominee. The President's reproachful tone suggested the improbable-that he would be happy to have a black for a running mate. He also noted that similar views were once uttered about Roman Catholics and proven baseless by John Kennedy. Nixon said that it was "very important for those of us in positions of leadership not to tell a large number of people in America, whoever they are, that because of the accident of their birth they don't have a chance...
Pasztor levels serious charges at the CRIMSON as a newspaper and at some specific members of its staff as reporters. First, he alleges that there is a "general CRIMSON policy of blatant distortion and outright falsification of news in its coverage of SJP activities," This charge is baseless and absurd. The CRIMSON has no policy toward SJP or any other group. Our reporters are free to report the truth as they...
...Chinese statement followed Pakistani claims that it destroyed two companies of Indian troops in East Pakistan. India denied the claims yesterday as "false, baseless and mischievous...
American commander William C. Westmoreland and President Lyndon B. Johnson agreed. Charges of cowardice (usually baseless) against segregated black troops from World War I to Korea were laid to rest. Concluded the Reader's Digest: the American Negro has earned his red badge of courage...