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Nixon's Second Supreme Court Nominee, Warren Burgher
Nixon got his chance to change the court t away. Two seats opened up in his first year in office. His first nominee was from minnesota. Warren burgher sailed through the senate and became the new chief justice. For the second seat, nixon was determined to appoint a southerner. A judge from south carolina got rejected because of his track record on civil rights. The president tried again a few months later, this time with a judge from georgia. But before the hearings even started, the press uncovered that he had endorsed white supremacy,. Nixon another embarrassing defeat, rejecting his second supreme court nominee for a seat which already has been vacant 11 months - one of the
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