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Richard Nixon: I HAVE reluctantly concluded--with the Senate as presently constituted--I cannot successfully nominate to the Supreme…

On the recordApril 8, 1970
I HAVE reluctantly concluded--with the Senate as presently constituted--I cannot successfully nominate to the Supreme Court any Federal appellate judge from the South who believes as I do in the strict construction of the Constitution.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement About Nominations to the Supreme Court

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