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White Votes. Crockett is "just about the most together brother on the bench," says Ken Cockrell, a black activist lawyer in Detroit. In fact, Crockett disagrees with most black militants' deep cynicism about the law. He expects the number of black judges to nearly double in the next three years, and argues that "if the election of black public officials continues, racism in the administration of our laws will soon be a thing of the past...
...more than Clement Haynsworth, they feel Carswell lacks the political acumen to cope wisely with the issues of a combustible era - in particular racial discrimination. And unlike Haynsworth, they regard Carswell as deficient in basic legal skills. When Carswell boasts that he never accepted a fee while on the bench, they reply: "Who on earth would...
When it comes to Supreme Court appointments, though, some Presidents have failed to distinguish between high and low politics. Justices do not leave at the end of a presidential term; they stay on the bench as long as they wish to - shaping the nation for years. Thus picking good men requires a high order of presidential disinterest. Ultimately, says Yale Law Professor Fred Rodell, "the way to get better Supreme Court Justices is to elect better Presidents...
...trial neared its conclusion, NET's microphones caught whispered tactical talks between lawyers and witnesses, hushed parleys at the bench between counsel and judge. During recesses the producer interviewed the key figures on their strategies and expectations. The building tension undoubtedly hooked first-night viewers into sticking with the series...
...said a Chicago housewife. "Instant age," sniffed a Boston fashion writer. "If God wanted women to go around all covered up that way," says Atlanta TV Reporter Tom Loughney, "they'd be born like that." Still, such protests rarely reach farther than across a bar or a park bench. What the midi mania clearly calls for is mass resistance...