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Nixon's first choice for a successor to Hugo Black was Virginia Representative Richard Poff, a Republican conservative admired for legal acumen by his colleagues in the House. The President was prepared to nominate Poff without further consideration. But the Congressman, who had said that his life's ambition was...
When the list became public knowledge two weeks ago, lawyers, newspapers and magazines across the nation set up an incredulous outcry. Thirty-four Harvard Law School faculty members signed a petition protesting the nominees. Even conservative Republican Senators who had battled for Carswell were privately contemptuous. As the uproar continued...
To Nixon's jubilation, his choices came close to producing utter surprise. White House advisers insist that although Friday and Lillie had been the leading candidates, a back-up list included Rehnquist and Powell. An understandably Machiavellian theory immediately surfaced that Nixon had deliberately sent out his list of six...
In submitting a list of candidates to the A.B.A. one week before he is scheduled to announce which two of the six he will nominate, the President has evidenced disregard for the organization's opinion. A week is hardly enough time for the seven-man committee on federal judiciary...
The reformers offset Mrs. Harris' two most obvious advantages by enlisting black Brooklyn Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm to nominate Hughes. Labor countered with what Hughes decried as "savage tactics." Some state committeemen were warned that unless they voted for Mrs. Harris, they could forget about A.F.L.-C.I.O. money for next...