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Learned Hand was one of the best-known judges who was never appointed to the Supreme Court. Apparently, he was nearly appointed by FDR in the early 40s at the insistence of Justice Frankfurter, but FDR wanted someone younger. That being said, Truman may have had different prerogatives. So, is it plausible that Truman could have nominated Hand (rather than Tom Clark or Sherman Minton) to one of the two Supreme Court vacancies that opened up in 1949?
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