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South demands a seat on the Supreme Court amid era of unity
The piece argues for a conservative Southerner to fill the vacancy after Hugo Black, recounting historical shifts of Confederate influence on the court and urging Nixon to uphold Southern representation. It condemns efforts to bar Southern conservatives and contrasts with past reforms and anti-bias progress. It also includes unrelated notes on aging research and Soviet views on youth culture.
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Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Alabama
South
Nixon
Senate
Mason - Dixon Line
Philadelphia
United States of America
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
United States
House of Representatives
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Massachusetts
California
Henry Clay
Free State
James M. Mason
Buchanan
Roger Brooke Taney
Frederick County
Dred Scott
North
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ohio
Congress
Southern
Confederacy
Samuel A. Tilden
New York
Hayes
John M. Hayes
Kentucky
Chester A. Arthur
James A. Garfield
William B. Woods
Georgia
No Nothing Party
Woodrow Wilson
Louis Brandeis
Mason and Vixon
Justice Black