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Smathers proposes court judges require prior experience
Sen Smathers argues for Supreme Court appointees to have at least five years as a lower court judge or state supreme court justice. He cites history showing few chief justices would qualify and notes opposition questions names and cases, while avoiding direct comment on school desegregation rulings.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Sen
Smathers
Florida Democrat
Supreme Court
William Howard Taft
Fred M. Vinson
Sherman Minton
Senate
Sen. Morse
D-Ore
High Court
Potter
R-Mich
John Jay
John Rutledge
Oliver Ellsworth
John Marshall
Roger %. Taney
Salmon P. Chase
Morrison R. Waite
Melville W. Fuller
Edward D. White
Charles Evans Hughes
Harlan F. Stone
Earl Warren
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