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...President will thus have the opportunity, if he wishes it, to think anew about his chance to reshape the bench. Clearly, he will still be able to create a court of so-called "strict constructionists." An aide has spoken grandly of "a Nixon court," outlasting its creator and mirroring his views for a decade or more. But there is an obligation that goes beyond that consideration, an obligation to the court itself that rests not on the number of votes the President can now change but on the caliber of two men he is replacing...
Hardly anyone today still believes that the nine justices can impartially approach every issue without any prejudice or preconception. Far more popular is the revisionist view of the high bench as merely another political body where, in the end, individual beliefs overshadow legal precedent. Insofar as that is true, it makes sense to choose new members of the court with an eye to reflecting the national body politic. Nonetheless, even though the Justices cannot be free of their own beliefs, there remains a conviction-held doubtless by President Nixon, among many others-that the members of the court...
...they joust in the courtroom, most lawyers cannot help wondering what it would be like to preside over the arena from the bench. In San Francisco, as part of an innovative antidote to court congestion, a handful of experienced trial attorneys are getting the opportunity to find out. Acting as judges for a day, or sometimes two or three days, they are helping to attack the backlog of civil cases...
...four hits during the first seven innings. Then in the eighth, with two outs, two men on and the score tied 1-1, Pirate Pitching Coach Don Osborn strolled to the mound to give Johnson some sage advice: "Get this guy out." "Get your butt back on the bench, and I will," came the reply...
After Gatto scored with a little over a quarter remaining sending Harvard up 21-7, Coach Joe Restic felt safe enough to let the second string defense pick up some experience. On the other side of the field, Don Jackson was lying on the Columbia bench so thoroughly trampled by Harvard's defense that reserve quarterback Glenn Erikson had to replace him. Erikson quickly worked over Harvard's second stringers for an 88-yard touchdown drive, picking up 61 of those yards by rolling out or scrambling out of the pocket. Jackson stumbled off the bench to throw the touchdown...