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...treatment of President Clinton makes it clear that being in government these days requires a much stricter code of conduct than it did even twenty-five years ago. Nor does this code apply only to office-holders. The non-legislative approval process experienced by Bobby Ray Inman, Lani Guinier, John Tower, and others shows that trying to get into the top offices can be just as hard as being there...
When Clinton fails to go through the lengthy process, it is usually costly. He skipped it on gays in the military, the appointment of Lani Guinier (whose works he did not study until it was too late) and Somalia. But when he takes his time, it works. Last summer, after he announced that he would nominate Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, a beaming Clinton returned to the , West Wing and walked into McLarty's office to chat. "That just goes to show that if you give me enough time to make me feel great down here," he said...
Clinton withdrew his nomination of Lani C. Guinier '71, a colleague of Patrick's at the NAACP, to the post in June because of widespread criticism of her legal writings...
...statement made yesterday, Guinier praised Clinton's nomination of Patrick to the position, and urged the president to provide "leadership in defining his civil rights agenda...
...Patrick appears to be a `stealth Guinier.'" said Bolick. "He has no paper trail but is part of the same pro-quota chorus that produced Lani Guinier...