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Nixon appointees reshape Supreme Court trajectory
editor notes four Nixon picks Burger Blackmun Powell and Rehnquist shift the court toward conservative rulings on criminal rights and four major decisions since 1972. Williams Iowa murder case tests confession admissibility while Davis and Constantineau show limits on due process and libel protections.
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Washington
Supreme Court
America
Richard M. Nixon
Earl Warren
Warren Burger
Iowa
Warren Court
Williams
Pamela Powers
Des Moines
Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nixon
Burger
Appeals Court
Washington, D.C
Harry Blackmun
U.S. Court of Appeals
High Court
Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr
William Hubbs Rehnquist
Byron Raymond White
Take
Louisville
Davis
Constantineau
Hartford
William Joseph Brennan, Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Brennan
William O. Douglas
Stewart
White
John Paul Stevens
Ford
Douglas
Charles Evans Hughes