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Article: Senate should confirm Manion for appellate court seat
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 8, 1986
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When the Senate returns from its Independence Day recess, a top
order of business will be a second vote on the confirmation of Daniel
A. Manion to serve on the 7th U.S. Court of Appeals. The first vote
ended inconclusively in a parliamentary maneuver. The next time
around should see Manion approved.
Let me be candid: The gentleman, on paper, is not the most
brilliant nominee ever proposed for the federal bench. Manion's
opponents should be equally candid: They are fighting his
confirmation not on his merits but on his philosophy. They oppose
him because he is Reagan's man. This is dirty pool.
Opponents of the nomination, led by Delaware's usually
responsible Sen. Joseph Biden, have ...