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...There is definite evidence that the quality of the federal judiciary has been going up," says Albert Tenner Jr., former head of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. Nixon has appointed a total of 135 people to the federal bench, and four of his nominations are pending in the Senate. The A.B.A., which rates each one before confirmation, found 72 "well qualified" or "extremely well qualified"; not a single nominee was ruled out as "not qualified." John Kennedy managed to nominate eight men whom the A.B.A. blackballed, and Lyndon Johnson four. Nixon has followed...
Blue Slip. Senators play a major role in the selection. They are invariably consulted in advance of a nomination, and they have an unwritten but real veto power over the President's choice. Senate practice blocks confirmation of any candidate for the district or circuit bench who is unacceptable to either of his home-state Senators. James Eastland of Mississippi, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sends both of the Senators a blue slip bearing the nominee's name, and if either fails to return it, the nomination is abandoned...
College Roommate. The South has been a judicial sore spot for Presidents other than Nixon. No recent President has nominated a black in the South; indeed, Nixon has named only three blacks to district courts. Lyndon Johnson chose nine for district benches and higher judicial posts, while John Kennedy selected three. Of Nixon's four Southern nominees to the Fifth Circuit, two have been at least average-Charles Clark of Mississippi and Paul Roney of Florida -but the others were G. Harrold Carswell and Ingraham. Still, that record is a bit better than John Kennedy's. One J.F.K...
...justices of New York's Appellate Division, First Department (Manhattan and The Bronx). They petitioned the grievance committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York to consider whether Erdmann had violated those canons of ethics that require lawyers to show respect for the bench. Though the Appellate Division has authority over an attorney's qualifications, initiation of formal disciplinary proceedings is normally left to the Bar Association. After some quiet, inconclusive discussions, the Bar Association decided to do nothing more than give Erdmann a private rebuke...
...Crimson only awoke when Tyler Chase gave Brown the lead. 19-17, late in the third period with his second long, wind-carried field goal of the day. Tyler's kick so thoroughly excited his teammates at the thought of finally winning a game that they poured off the bench and on to the field to mob the soccer-style place kicker...