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∙ 14y agoPresident Gerald Ford nominated Associate Justice John Paul Stevens to the US Supreme Court in 1975. Stevens was confirmed by a Senate vote of 98-0.
Stevens is currently (2009) the Senior Associate Justice on the court, but is rumored to be retiring at the end of the 2009-2010 Term.
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∙ 14y agoNixon nominated six Supreme Court justices, but only four were approved by the Senate. Harry Blackmun was the third person Nixon nominated to fill the vacancy created when Abe Fortas resigned.
Successful Appointments
- Chief Justice Warren Burger
- Justice Harry A. Blackmun
- Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
- Justice William H. Rehnquist (elevated to Chief Justice by Reagan)
Rejected Nominees
- Clement Haynesworth
- G. Harrold Carswell
Both Haynesworth and Carswell were Southern conservatives. Carswell had a record of supporting segregation and opposing women's rights, making him the target of vigorous opposition from special interest groups.
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∙ 13y agoFord appointed John Paul Stevens.
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Did President Nixon want to have liberals on the Supreme Court?
no
Who appointed the 1973 Supreme Court justices?
President Nixon
Who was the first president brought before the supreme court?
richard nixon
What imPortant job did Richard Nixon do as president?
Worked for the suPreme court
How does Nixon influence the Supreme Court?
he is not president any more
Which president refused to obey a supreme court ruling concerning federal land treaties?
Jackson & nixon
Who was appointed chief justice by Richard Nixon?
President Nixon appointed Warren E. Burger as Chief Justice to the Supreme Court. He also named William Rehnquist to a seat on the Supreme Court, and he was later elevated to Chief Justice.
Why were president Richard Nixon nominees to the Supreme Court rejected by the senate?
Both nominees had supported segregation in the past
What is the power of the US President to force the Supreme Court to decide in his favor?
There is no such power. If there was, President Nixon would never have turned over the Watergate tapes.
What were President Nixon's goals for the US Supreme Court?
Nixon believed the Warren Court had been too liberal and too activist, and vowed to nominate only conservative justices to the Supreme Court to rollback certain progressive changes instituted over the past two decades. Nixon had been quoted as saying he wanted to place a "strict constructionist" on the Court, meaning someone who would interpret the Constitution narrowly, with more of an eye to federal rights over individual rights, and who showed more judicial restraint.Nixon found the "strict constructionist" in Justice William H. Rehnquist, whose elevation to Chief Justice marked the Supreme Court's latest transition toward ultra-conservatism.
What was President Nixon's belief about the Warren Court?
Nixon believed the Warren Court had been too liberal and too activist, and vowed to nominate only conservative justices to the Supreme Court to rollback certain progressive changes instituted over the past two decades. Nixon had been quoted as saying he wanted to place a "strict constructionist" on the Court, meaning someone who would interpret the Constitution narrowly, with more of an eye to federal rights over individual rights, and who showed more judicial restraint. Nixon found the "strict constructionist" in Justice William H. Rehnquist, whose elevation to Chief Justice marked the Supreme Court's latest transition toward ultra-conservatism.
Which us president saw two of his nominees from the us supreme court defeated for confirmation in the US Senate in 1969 and 1970?
Richard Nixon
