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…year Chief Justice William Rehnquist — himself appointed by Republican President Richard Nixon — agreed. In his annual State of the Judiciary report last December, Rehnquist criticized the Senate for its sluggish pace in confirm- ing federal judges. "The Senate is surely under no obligation to confirm any particular nominee. But after the necessary time for inquiry, it should vote him up or down," he wrote. White, a Detroit resident whose Jewi...…

















































