Which of these unsuccessful Supreme Court nominees would you have voted for?
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Question: Which of these unsuccessful Supreme Court nominees would you have voted for?
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Harriet Miers		  
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Douglas H. Ginsburg		  
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Robert Bork		  
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G. Harrold Carswell		  
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Clement Haynsworth		  
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Abe Fortas (CJ)		  
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John J. Parker		  
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None of the above		  
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« on: January 27, 2006, 05:29:07 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2006, 05:36:18 PM »
I'd vote to confirm Bork, Ginsburg, and Parker.
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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2006, 10:07:50 PM »
None of them were anything special.

Bork was really, really stupid in confirmation hearings, so I wouldn't have.

Haysnworth and Carswell were probably rascists, and might well take it with them.

Miers. Please.

Not really sure about Parker, probably not.

To be contrarian, I might well have confirmed Ginsburg or Fortas.
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« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2006, 12:02:48 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2006, 03:04:20 PM »
Not Miers or Bork. Don't know much about the rest.
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« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2006, 03:16:53 PM »
Bork and Ginsburg easily.
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« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2006, 03:25:56 PM »
I would have voted in favor of Parker, Bork, and Ginsburg, voted against Abe Fortas and Clement Haynsworth, and filibustered Harriet Miers and G. Harold Carswell.

Carswell was even more mediocre than Miers. In his defense, Senator Roman Hruska said on the floor of the Senate: "Even if he is mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they?"
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« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2006, 04:01:04 PM »
During the Nixon administration, Rehnquist once joked that he had no chance "at all" of being nominated, because "I'm not from the South, I'm not a woman, and I'm not mediocre."
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« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2006, 10:17:01 PM »
Quote from: A18 on January 27, 2006, 05:36:18 PM
I'd vote to confirm Bork, Ginsburg, and Parker.
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