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Indiana Democrat Birch Bayh, who had led the opposition to Haynsworth but held back on Carswell in fear of leading a losing battle, was then spurred to action. Says a Bayh aide: "The boss was terribly moved by Brooke's speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Supreme Court: A Not So Simple Issue | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

What compromised Carswell's chances most, though, was a parliamentary gimmick thought up last week by his Senate opponents. Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana, a Democrat who led the fight against Clement Haynsworth, introduced a motion to send the Carswell nomination back to the Judiciary Committee-ostensibly for further hearings. For practical purposes, however, sending a nominee's name back to committee is a shelving device that permits the nomination to die quietly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Supreme Court: Carswell in Trouble | 4/6/1970 | See Source »

Though the negative testimony mounted, the opposition, led by Indiana Democrat Birch Bayh, was not nearly as aggressive as during the Haynsworth hearings. Further, Carswell has had none of the financial entanglements that made Haynsworth a target...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Supreme Court: Approaching the Bench | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

...once had a tenuous business connection with Bobby Baker, the former Democratic Senate aide who was convicted of larceny and tax evasion in 1967. Both men invested in a South Carolina real estate deal several years ago, although neither apparently knew the other. Indiana's Democratic Senator Birch Bayh, leader of the Senate Judiciary Committee's anti-Haynsworth faction, dispatched an investigator to interview Baker. An amused Baker refused to help, asking: "Do you want to ruin my reputation by associating me with Haynsworth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE HAYNSWORTH HASSLE | 10/10/1969 | See Source »

Some questions of ethics will linger for a while, and not a few Senators wish that President Nixon had sent them another nominee. Indiana's Birch Bayh and other liberals are at work digging into possible new conflict charges. But the most determined of Haynsworth's opponents now expect that the Judiciary Committee, which may vote this week, will recommend confirming the appointment. Haynsworth may not have his Supreme Court seat in time for the Oct. 6 opening of the court's fall sitting, but even the opposition to his appointment believes that after a floor debate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Toward Confirmation | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

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