Word: parkerisms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rejected (41 to 39) the nomination to the Supreme Court of Judge John Johnston Parker...
...been confirmed by the Senate to sit on the highest bench. Eight nominees the Senate had rejected, four it had failed to act upon by indefinite postponement. Rejection No. 9 went into history when the Senate refused (41-39) to confirm U. S. Circuit Judge John Johnston Parker of North Carolina, nominee...
Idaho's Senator Borah, leader of the Parker opposition, flayed the nominee "because I think he is committed to principles and propositions to which I am very thoroughly opposed." Declared Nebraska's Senator Norris at the end of a three-hour harangue: "I close as I began. Judge Parker is only an incident. The Supreme Court is only an incident. Human liberty is the issue. The preservation of our Government is the issue...
When Judge Parker's friends charged that his critics were playing small politics in opposing his confirmation, a neat retort was turned up in the form of a confidential letter to the White House which had inadvertently got into the judiciary committee files. This letter was from Assistant Secretary of the Interior Joseph M. Dixon, a North Carolinian, to Walter Newton, political secretary to President Hoover, written three days after the death of Justice Sanford. Excerpts: "North Carolina gave President Hoover 65,000 majority. It carries more hope of future permanent alignment with the Republican party than any other...
...Judge Parker's friends were flabbergasted at such a bald exposition of the politics behind the appointment. Southern Democrats realizing the Administration's attempt to break the South politically by such appointments, wobbled. Attorney General Mitchell denied political motives in the Parker selection...