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Mr. Justice Black and “Senatorial Courtesy”

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On August 12, President Roosevelt nominated Senator Hugo L. Black of Alabama to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. On receipt of the message, Senator Ashurst moved for its immediate consideration on the ground that “whenever the Executive honors this body by nominating a member thereof, that nomination is confirmed without reference to a committee, for the obvious reason that no amount of investigation or consideration by a committee of the Senate could disclose any new fact or shed any new light upon the character, attainments, and ability of the nominee, because if we do not know him after long service with him, no one will ever know him.”

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  • Cole, Kenneth C., 1937. "Mr. Justice Black and “Senatorial Courtesy”," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 31(6), pages 1113-1115, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:31:y:1937:i:06:p:1113-1115_03
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