The President's News Conference
10/28/1929
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It is apparent, therefore, that I have an independent obligation, as President, to nominate men for the federal judiciary who are not subjec...
The Attorney General has given you his reasons therefor.
The Constitution provides that the President shall first nominate and then, with the advice and consent of the Senate, make the appointment.
No question of corporate influence or personal popularity does or should enter into this question.