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4A Sunday, July 29,1990Citlz*ns Journal
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EDITORIALS
Court nominees being
examined by new rules
Back when Oliver Wendell Holmes was appointed to the U.S.
Supreme Court, well, things were a lot easier. All one had to do was
teach at a respectable law school, write some thought-provoking articles,
render some scholarly opinions and speak in eloquent phrases. But one
thing is sure— Oliver wouldn't have made the short list in these days and
times.
For any lawyer who dreams of sitting on the highest bench in the land
someday, the rules have changed drastically. The nomination of David
Souter, possibly the lowest-profile nominee in history, should send
thousands of lawyers in search of Liquid Paper to remove entries from
their resumes.
A How-To-Be-Appointed treatise might include such suggestions as:
—DON'T write law review articles on important legal matters.
—DON'T teach at a law school where one's ideas are debated and,
worse, remembered by peers.
—DON'T land on the lecture circuit.
—DON'T serve long enough on some federal bench to establish a
track record.
—DON'T do or say anything that is considered unconventional in
today's society.
Judge Souter has satisfied all of the mandatory don'ts and has won
extra points for not writing for the law review or clerking for a judge after
graduation.
Court-watchers say the revised "rules" are, in part, the product of a
hangover from the battle in which outspoken conservative Robert Boark
failed to win Senate confirmation in 1987. A rules change seemed even
more certain when Judge Douglas Ginsburg withdrew his name from
consideration after word got out that he had smoked a little marijuana
while in college.
Legal scholars, on the other hand, say the list of "don'ts" reflects the
cautious nature of President Bush, the close split between conservatives
and liberals on the Court and the dominance of abortion as a political
issue. In addition, with a Democratic Senate and a Republican White
House, key judicial nominations are likely to be hard fought.
For his part, Judge Souter is a Harvard Law School graduate and for-
mer Rhodes Scholar, and he is praised for his keen legal mind and
quickness in oral arguments.
Nevertheless, unlike most previous nominees, Judge Souter seems
never to have expressed himself on any important legal or philosophical
matter. The big question now is whether the new set of rules will remain
in effect when Justices Thurgood Marshall and Harry Blackmun, both in
their 80s, leave the court in coming years.
Lawyers say that if President Bush wins re-election, he might be more
willing to go out on a limb with a candidate who has ideas, if not
skeletons, in his closet.
For as long as the new rules remain in effect, though, lawyers and
judges with more obvious credentials are likely to bemoan the current
selection process.
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AUSTIN — Vice President Dan Quayle
toured the Texas campaign trail last week, and
quarterly campaign disclosures showed most
Republicans here are way ahead of Democrats
in gathering political contributions.
Meanwhile, in other political action around the
state:
•Republican Clayton Williams toured the East
Texas stronghold of opponent Ann Richards,
picking up endorsements and painting her as
too aligned with Hollywood liberals.
•Democrat Nikki Van Hightower, a treasurer
candidate, laid out endorsements from three
pro-choice groups and attacked GOP opponent
Kay Bailey Hutchinson for not fully supporting
women's rights.
•Republican Robert Mosbacher accused
Democrat Bob Bullock of financing his
lieutenant governor race with "Austin insider
money," meaning lobbyists and special interest
groups: Bullock retorted Mosbacher wanted to
buy the office "with his Daddy's money."
Vice President Quayle campaigned with state
Sen. Buster Brown, Republican nominee for at-
torney general, but found himself defending
President Bush's son, Neil, the target of
Democrats in the S&L scandal probe.
MH-MR Revisited
The court monitor in the federal court battle to
regulate Texas mental health care reported to
the judge that Texas has failed to provide ac-
ceptable care to many patients with dual dis-
abilities.
The report charged that by failing, the Texas
Department of Mental Health-Mental Retarda-
tion violated a key part of federal court orders.
A spokesman for the Texas Attorney General
said the state agency seeks to obey the court
order for dual disabled patients, who are both
retarded and mentally ill, but that a lack of com-
munity homes is a roadblock to acceptable
care.
In related action, the judge chastised plaintiff
attorneys for overtoiling and he slashed their
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fees by 60 percent.
Gun Control Debated
Williams and Richards debated gun control
from afar last week, and Williams said Richards'
out-of-state campaign donations show she is
out of step with Texas values.
Richards endorsed a gun control plan which
outlaws certain semi-automatic weapons and
requires a week-long waiting period for gun
buyers, a plan supported by many law enforce-
ment groups.
Williams said he is against any new kind of
gun control, a stance dramatized by his remark
that founding fathers realized that citizens at
some time might want to overthrow a hostile
home government seeking to disarm them.
Hollywood Dollars
Williams criticized Richards for accepting
campaign donations from Hollywood stars, in-
cluding $40,000 from director Steven Spielburg
and $13,000 from a committee founded by Jane
Fonda and other Hollywood women.
"Ann Richards is an East Hollywood
Democrat, not an East Texas Democrat," he
said, wooing the critical East Texas conserva-
tive vole.
During the multi-county caravan swing, he
repeatedly criticized Richards for wanting to
repeal the sodomy law, for opposing flag
protection, and being a state government "Aus-
tin insider."
Responding, her campaign manager Glenn
Smith likened Williams to Richard Nixon and
controversial comedian Andrew Dice Clay.
Smith said the campaign money did not come
from Fonda, who antagonized American
veterans by visiting North Vietnam during the
war. Smith said Richards returned a check to
Fonda last summer because "we didn't want
someone, in the heat of the campaign, to exploit
the pain of the Vietnam veterans."
Surprise Endorsement
Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro, a
Democrat, received a surprise endorsement
from Republican primary runner-up Grady
Yarbrough, a Tyler teacher.
Yarbrough, who is black, said the GOP
nominee, Wes Gilbreath, "does not deserve to
hold public office in light of the racial remarks
and innuendos made during our campaign."
During the primary, Gilbreath's campaign
mailed a flyer with pictures of both himself and
Yarbrough.
Other Highlights
•State Rep. Bill Hollowell, D-Grand Saline, in-
troduced Clayton Williams to an East Texas
crowd by endorsing him over fellow Democrat
Ann Richards.
•The Texas Department of Commerce an-
nounced that Edward C. Fantasia, a Dallas at-
torney specializing in international law, will be
director of its new trade office in Frankfort, Ger-
many.
The Frankfort office is the fifth foreign office
for Texas. Others are in Tokyo, Japan; Taipei,
Taiwan; Monterey and Mexico City, Mexico.
•Massachusetts Congressman Joseph P
Kennedy Jr. has an amendment to the S&L
bailout plan which targets Texas taxpayers.
Texas would provide extra state dollars to pay
for deposit insurance for S&Ls here.
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Letters to the Editor
CCC alumni sought
Dear Editor,
Former participants in the Civilian Conserva-
tion Corps, 1933-42, are being sought by a
CCC alumni group which is planning to honor
the hundreds of thousands of men who built
parks and so many other projects during the
Depression. Karl E. Busch, program director of
a branch chapter of the National Association of
Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni, is seeking
contact with CCC veterans as part of this effort.
Send name, address, CCC camp number and
state, along with a large, self-addressed,
stamped envelope, to CCC Museum, 3623
Rendale Dr., Jacksonville, Fla. 32210. Mr.
Busch hopes to encourage state and federal
agencies to construct CCC museums in loca-
tions where the corps worked. The idea is to
honor these men and preserve the works of the
CCC for future generations.
Sincerely,
Carl Gldlund
Public Affairs Officer
Williams will hurt poor
Dear Editor,
Clayton Williams should learn some laws
before "it" puts the "ouch" in them. The "ouch"
he's talking about is the taxpayer's paycheck
and messing up the few good things the poor
have.
He wants to put the poor uneducated "boot
lickers" at a $1 a day job and him and his rich
friends laugh themselves crazy while they sit
around their pools in the summer and their
central heat in the winter drinking their booze.
Jean Hall (female)
Marietta
Thanks from PTA
Dear Editor,
We would like to take this time to thank you
for all of the pictures, notices, etc. that you gave
us during the 1989-90 year. Without your
cooperation the parents would not be aware of
all the hard work our volunteers put forth.
We look forward to another year of continued
growth and support.
Teresa Moore
Atlanta PTA President
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