Feb 10, 2015 | News, Supreme Court
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court as seen on April 20, 1972. By Evan Vassar The Warren Court, throughout its judicial history, ruled on a myriad of cases that would leave Richard Nixon concerned with the Court’s use and expansion of judicial power. Among the...
Dec 10, 2014 | News, Supreme Court
President Nixon presents Lewis Powell (shown on the left of RN) and William Rehnquist (on right of RN) framed gifts recognizing their confirmation as Supreme Court Justices. (December 22, 1971) On December 10 1971, following intense scrutiny by the legislative and...
Nov 25, 2014 | Nixon TV, Supreme Court
[youtube https://youtu.be/udQUR3Uc7IE] Wallace Johnson, former Associate Deputy Attorney General in charge of Congressional relations, talks about President Nixon’s choice to appoint the young William Rehnquist as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the...
Aug 31, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, Supreme Court, Vietnam
During the past week there were countless articles, video clips, and broadcasts marking the fiftieth anniversary of the March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom – the event on the Mall involving up to 300,000 people gathered to promote civil and economic rights,...
Jul 15, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, Supreme Court
On June 25, The Supreme Court of the United States struck down Section 4b of the 1965 Voting Rights Act after a 5-4 vote in the case of Shelby County v. Holder. Section 4b provided the formula to determine which states and local governments needed approval from the...
Feb 25, 2013 | News, Supreme Court
Pictured: Clement Haynesworth, former Judge on the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and RN’s first choice to fill the vacancy left by Associate Justice Abe Fortas. Though his nomination was eventually blocked, the 37th President refused to withdraw it after...
