Supreme-Court-Nomination

Nixon Nominates Lewis Powell to Supreme Court Two Months After Corporate Blueprint Memo

1971-10-22 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

President Richard Nixon nominates Lewis F. Powell Jr. to the Supreme Court just two months after Powell authored his secret corporate blueprint memo to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on August 23, 1971. Amidst a rare opportunity to reshape the Supreme Court, Nixon nominates Powell alongside William …

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Nixon nominates Lewis Powell to Supreme Court two months after corporate blueprint memo

1971-10-21 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 6/10

President Nixon nominates corporate lawyer Lewis Powell to Supreme Court as Associate Justice, just 59 days after Powell wrote confidential memo to Chamber of Commerce calling for business to acquire “political power” and use courts as “most important instrument for social, …

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