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This feeling, together with the belief that Carswell was less controversial than Haynsworth and had none of the busi ness entanglements that defeated the first nominee, made the Administration coolly confident that it would win when Carswell's name was put forward on Jan. 19. Indeed, such key Republican Senators as Minority Leader Scott and Whip Robert Griffin, both of whom had turned against Nixon to oppose Haynsworth, were dutifully backing Carswell. The hard-core opponents waged mainly a delaying action, waiting to see if an arguable case against him would develop...
Adversely affected by the high-pressure tactics that it had employed in the Haynsworth fight, the Administration countered with subtle moves. It coaxed such influential Republicans as Delaware's John Williams and Kentucky's John Sherman Cooper, both of whom had opposed Haynsworth, to announce for Carswell three days apart in order to gain maximum publicity. The Carswell camp, including Kansas Republican Robert Dole, persuaded a majority of the Judiciary Committee Senators to announce that they did not want the nomination returned to the committee. The notion that voting for recommittal would demonstrate a lack of political courage was effectively...
...department was just as insensitive in selecting the Supreme Court nominees. Mitchell originally assigned his deputy, Richard Kleindienst, to compile a list of some 150 potential Justices. Applying Nixon's guidelines, he reduced the list to about 30 names. Mitchell then helped prune it to just five, including Burger, Haynsworth and Carswell. He decided that Burger was best and recommended him for Chief Justice. When Fortas resigned, Mitchell asked another assistant, William Rehnquist, to study Haynsworth's legal record. Since Fortas had been tainted by his financial interests, the FBI carefully probed Haynsworth's business background. It turned up some...
...voting began on the Carswell nomination, Robert Dole of Kansas turned his back on Vice President Agnew to speak directly to his fellow Republicans on the left side of the Senate chamber. Dole looked squarely at Marlow Cook of Kentucky, who had led the unsuccessful fight to confirm Clement Haynsworth. "The fate of G. Harrold Carswell rests on this side of the aisle," Dole said. "We will make the decision, as our votes will make the difference." Cook stared straight ahead. When his name was called to vote, he replied firmly...
Given his championship of Haynsworth and the fact that he is a freshman Senator from a border state that has Southern proclivities, Cook seemed to be oddly cast in his defiant role. At the start, he wanted to stay and vote with the Administration on Carswell but, after long hours of Judiciary Committee hearings and his own examination of Carswell's record as a judge, Cook concluded that Carswell flunked the test of legal competence...