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OCR Page 1 of 47MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM: PAT BUCHANAN
MAY 26, 1969
" The President went too far, in our opinion,
when he said that he will not seek racial,
religious or geographical balance in making
appointments to the Supreme Court. It is
all very well to say that each possible nominee
will be judged on his own qualifications, but one
of the essentials for the Court as a whole
is that it must have the confidence of minorities
as well as the majority. A Court composed
entirely of New Englanders or Midwesterners,
or heavily overweighted with Protestants,
Catholics or Jews, or a Court from which jurists
of ethnic or racial minorities were excluded,
would not command such confidence. #
W. Post - 5/21
The above paragraph was the only editorial reservation
the Washington Post had to the President's criteria on Court
appointments. I would agree with the Post on this one.
The President is right in ending the "Jewish seat"
tradition and in dismissing outright any group's "claim" to
a court seat. But the broadest representation on the High
Court is essential to the broadest acceptance of controversial
decisions.
I would thus argue for consideration of an Italian-
American to be named to the Supreme Court. The Italians have
never had one of their own on the United States Supreme Court.
As the President used to say, "the Italians in this country
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