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Article: Manion rekindles issue of mediocrity on bench
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 22, 1986
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WASHINGTON As the nomination of Daniel Manion to the seventh
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals nears a Senate showdown this week, the
issue of mediocrity on the bench is out front for the first time in
more than a decade and a half.
Back in 1970, when the Senate was considering the nomination of
a little-known federal district judge named G. Harrold Carswell to
the Supreme Court, the issue of Carswell's "mediocrity" was raised.
Up jumped former Sen. Roman Hruska (R-Neb.) to defend what many
observers considered Hruska's natural constituency.
"Even if he were mediocre," Hruska said, "there are a lot of
mediocre judges and people and lawyers, and they are entitled to a
little ...