Word: haynsworth
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Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of Law, said Haynsworth "is not most qualified, and when coupled with other allegations, it is clear that President Nixon has acted irresponsibly in nominating him, first, and in not withdrawing the nomination after hearing the opinions of people in the legal profession...
Members of the Faculty of Law are divided on whether Judge Clement F. Haynsworth should be confirmed as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. But most of those who agreed to express an opinion said they are opposed to confirmation of the nomination...
Answers to a CRIMSON poll ranged from that of James Vorenberg '48, professor of Law, who said Haynsworth's is "a thoroughly undistinguished appointment," to that of Harold J. Berman, professor of Law, who said Haynsworth "is a very honest and intelligent judge...
...four years, Virginia's Prince Edward County had closed its public schools to avoid integration. Instead, white private schools were set up and carried on with the help of public funds. Negroes sued to reopen the public schools. When the case reached Haynsworth's court, he waited eight months before writing a majority opinion that told the Negroes to wait for state court decisions before asking for federal court action. In dissent, one of Haynsworth's fellow judges called the situation "a truly shocking example of the law's delays." The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed...
...Haynsworth's court decided that Negro doctors and patients were the victims of discrimination at two private hospitals in Greensboro, N.C. Because the Constitution does not cover purely private discrimination, Haynsworth argued, the court could do nothing for the plaintiffs. But a majority of his colleagues held that it could, emphasizing that the Government had partly financed the hospitals, which thus subjected them to constitutional safeguards against discrimination. 1965. When Negro pupils sued the Richmond school board to desegregate teachers-in addition to students-a 3-to-2 majority of Haynsworth's court held upon appeal that...