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Lugar pushes merit plan for federal appointments
Sen. Richard Lugar introduced a resolution to form bipartisan merit selection commissions in each state to recommend federal judges U S attorneys and marshals to the president. He argued this would curb political influence and cited a clash with Sen. Birch Bayh over Indiana appointments while noting a likely expansion of federal judiciary and potential China normalization talks.
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Sandra Sugawara
Indiana
Washington
USS
Richard Lugar
Lugar
Carter
Common Cause
American Bar Association
Birch Bayh
D- Ind
Bayh
Commission
White House
U.S
Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen Bayh
Senate
Congress
David W. Marston
Philadelphia