 Carswell were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance? We can't have all Brandeises, and Frankfurters, and Cardozos and stuff like that there.  The Big Book of Duh: A Bathroom Book - Page 156by Bob Fenster - 2007 - 352 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Neal R. Peirce - History - 1973 - 414 pages
...asked on a television interview about charges that Carswell's record was "mediocre." Hruska replied: "There are a lot of mediocre judges and people and...entitled to a little representation, aren't they? We can't have all Brandeises, Frankfurters, and Cardozos." The remark was a crucial turning point in... | |
 | W. Russell Neuman - Political Science - 1986 - 260 pages
...when in 1970 he defended the mediocrity of Nixon's new nominee to the Supreme Court by commenting, "There are a lot of mediocre judges and people and...entitled to a little representation, aren't they? We can't have all Brandeises, Frankfurters, and Cardozos." The ridicule in this case was well deserved.... | |
 | Susan Sage Heinzelman, Zipporah Batshaw Wiseman - Law - 1994 - 406 pages
...Hruska's comment on one of President Nixon's nominees to the Supreme Court: "Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and...representation, aren't they and a little chance?" 28 Cong. Q. Almanac 159 (1970). 30. See Hernandez v. New York, m S. Ct. 1859 (1981) (Kennedy, J., plurality)... | |
 | Nadine Cohodas - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 614 pages
...L. Hruska, the senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee, who said that "even if he was mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and...representation, aren't they, and a little chance?" he asked. Hruska aides said the senator had been jesting, but his comments were repeated over and over... | |
 | John W. Gardner, Francesca Gardner Reese - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 278 pages
...toward every man or set of men who break the public peace. Will1am James Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and...representation, aren't they, and a little chance? Senator Roman Hruska (commenting on one of President Nixon's nominees for the Supreme Court) Judicial... | |
 | Mark Tushnet - Law - 1997 - 257 pages
...was called mediocre, a defender, Senator Roman Hruska of Nebraska, replied: "Even if he is mediocre there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and...representation, aren't they, and a little chance?" Reporters discovered that Carswell had defended segregation in 1948 and had helped incorporate a racially... | |
 | John Anthony Maltese - Law - 1998 - 216 pages
...television interview to a question about Carswell's qualifications, Hruska said: "Even if he is mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and...entitled to a little representation, aren't they? We can't have all Brandeises, Cardozos and Frankfurters, and stuff like that there."23 Hruska's response... | |
 | David T. Canon - Political Science - 1999 - 339 pages
...Nixon's appointee to the Supreme Court, G. Harrold Carswell, Hruska said, '"Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and...and Frankfurters and Cardozos and stuff like that'" (quoted in Barone, Ujifusa, and Matthews 1975, 494). 22. Later he explained that the district had the... | |
 | Henry Julian Abraham - History - 1999 - 424 pages
...pathetic fumbling attempt to convert the candidate's mediocrity into an asset: "Even if he is mediocre there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and...and a little chance? We can't have all Brandeises, Cardozos, and Frankfurters, and stuff like that there."3 Hruska's remarkable assertion was seconded... | |
 | Nathan Miller - History - 2008 - 282 pages
...Presidential chair is largely an illusion. — Harry M. Daugherty, attorney general under Warren G. Harding There are a lot of mediocre judges and people and...entitled to a little representation, aren't they? — Senator Roman Hruska of Nebraska PROLOGUE icking America's best presidents is easy. George Washington,... | |
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