29 Feb 1916 Jahr - "BRANDEIS NAMED FOR HIGHEST COURT" NY Times 1916, Jan 29
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NY Times 1916, Jan 29 - BRANDEIS NAMED FOR HIGHEST COURTWILL BE OPPOSED
President Surprises the Nation by Selection of Noted Anti-Trust Lawyer. PUTS SENATE IN A FLURRY Open Hostility Among Democrats, but Prediction That Discipline Will Force Confirmation. BAY STATE NOT CONSULTED Belief That Its Senators Will Vote Against Nominee — First Jew Named for Supreme Court. BRANDEIS NAMED FOR HIGHEST COURT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. — President Wilson surprised the nation today when he sent to the Senate the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis of Boston to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court to succeed the late Joseph Rucker Lamar of Georgia.
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