Herbert Hoover actually said...

It is apparent, therefore, that I have an independent obligation, as President, to nominate men for the federal judiciary who are not subject to any question as to their fitness.

Context

Letter to Senator Thomas D. Schall About the Appointment of a District Judge for Minnesota.

02/05/1931

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