Word: bench
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...assent in January. Such an act enables a Justice who may not be confirmed by the Senate to participate in vital decisions. The difficulty is compounded in an election year, for should Stevenson win, he is immediately subject to the obvious pressure of allowing Brennan to remain on the bench. Although Brennan is a Democrat, he was, according to legal sources, probably not Stevenson's first choice...
...Bench: Good Democrat Brennan was appointed (by Republican Governor Alfred Driscoll) to New Jersey Superior Court in 1949 (appellate and trial divisions), then in 1952 to the State Supreme Court. He is a protégé of New Jersey's leonine Chief Justice Arthur Vanderbilt (TIME, Feb. 21, 1955), is hardworking, respected by lawyers, who have often found themselves discomfited because Brennan "sometimes catches you off guard." His opinions are clear, thoughtful, moderate; his mind is quick and sharp. As chairman of a New Jersey committee on calendar control and pretrial conference procedure, he helped give the state...
...week's end the White House announced that Ike had found a man to fit his specifications. Appointed to the bench to succeed "Shay" Minton: New Jersey's Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., 50, a Roman Catholic (the first on the court since Frank Murphy) and lifelong Democrat (one of six). More important, Brennan is a jurist of solid experience and reputation (see box), was recommended for the job by New Jersey's able Chief Justice Arthur T. Vanderbilt, and will be-with Justice Hugo Black and John Marshall Harlan-one of the three Supreme...
...back of the court a small, grizzled old man hunched up on a spectators' bench stared at the young man. It was Suwart's father. Someone asked him if he had regained his Communist Party card. "I have not bothered to apply.'' said the old man. "What...
Police said the couple was sitting on a Common bench when the gang appeared and started to harass them. A fight started and the couple fled with the teen agers at their heels...