Word: beene
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WELL before the 1 p.m. voting hour, the galleries of the capacious old marble-and-leather chamber were bulging as the Senate gathered last week to vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Clement Haynsworth. Vice President Spiro Agnew arrived a full ten minutes early; the vote was expected to...
There was little reason to expect opposition when the 57-year-old judge was nominated for the high court in August. Haynsworth had served on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals for twelve years, and had done little to arouse adamant opposition. During confirmation hearings, however, liberal Senators raised conflict...
Haynsworth, to some extent, was a victim of history. Had he been nominated a decade ago, there is little doubt that he would have been confirmed swiftly. But the court has become increasingly involved in all aspects of national life. This, and the revelations that led to the resignation of...
The "silent majority" is becoming one of the Administration's catch phrases. Richard Nixon appealed to it on Nov. 3 to stand by his war policies. Its opposite, of course, is the unsilent minority, which Spiro Agnew, who has been running regular Thursday-night beat-the-press shows, defines...
When he finally announced his opposition in the Senate, one Republican Senator snarled at him: "Wait until I get in front of that committee and start questioning some of those Maryland judges and ask how pure they've been." Four appointments to the federal bench in Maryland are, in...