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Richard Nixon: With yesterday's action, the Senate has said that no southern Federal appellate judge who believes in a strict…

On the recordApril 8, 1970
With yesterday's action, the Senate has said that no southern Federal appellate judge who believes in a strict interpretation of the Constitution can be elevated to the Supreme Court.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement About Nominations to the Supreme Court

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