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President's Nixon's latest nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Harry A. Blackmun '29, seems likely to win the support of law professors who actively opposed Judge G. Harrold Carswell...
Derek C. Bok, dean of the Law School and one of the leaders in the anti-Carswell fight., said yesterday that he was "much happier" about Blackmun's nomination than he had been about Carswell...
Nixon said that he would make another nomination soon. It could well come in a matter of days. It is known that two Northern judges are already undergoing FBI checks. One of them, Harry Andrew Blackmun, 61, an appeals-court judge from Rochester, Minn., and a longtime friend of Chief Justice Burger, met with Mitchell last week. Blackmun was considered the likeliest choice. Also being checked is Federal District Judge Edward T. Gignoux, 53, of Portland, Me. Both are Harvard Law School graduates. Appointed to the federal bench by President Eisenhower, they are considered strict constructionists...
...Senate Judiciary Committee will hold confirmation hearings a week after the nomination is formally submitted to the Senate. If Blackmun is confirmed, he will complete the nine-man makeup of the Court. The Court has recently postponed hearing many cases, apparently fearing a deadlock among the eight members...
...Blackmun was appointed to the Eighth Court of Appeals by President Eisenhower...