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...Tribe told The Globe the only time he had acontroversial conversation on that phone was theday before President Reagan nominated JudgeDouglas H. Ginsburg to the Supreme Court onOctober...
Some Congressional critics had questioned thenomination of Ginsburg, a banking and anti-trustexpert trained at the University of Chicago,because he had little experience with many of theconstitutional issues the Supreme Court faces...
...Friday, Secretary of Education William J.Bennett publicly said Ginsburg should withdraw hisname. Bennet also called the nominee to tell himto withdraw from consideration, reportedly afterReagan told him to "do what you think is right," aBennett aide said...
Kennedy was flown to Washington shortly beforeReagan chose Ginsburg, and he flew to the captitalagain on Saturday. Kennedy was reportedly thechoice of White House Chief of Staff Howard Bakerand other more moderate conservatives in theAdminstration who thought his more mainstreamviews would make his confirmation more likely thanGinsburg...
Throughout his short but illustrious career, Judge Douglas Ginsburg has shown a knack for staying above the fray. As a professor at Harvard Law School from 1975 to 1983, a time when ferocious political debate polarized the faculty, he made no enemies in either the liberal or the conservative camp. At the White House Office of Management and Budget in 1984 and 1985, Ginsburg grappled with an array of aggressive interest groups and lobbyists over environmental regulations and rules concerning safety in the workplace; yet he won high marks from both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill for his adept...