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    "Today, Potter Stewart has announced his retirement from his Supreme Court seat."

    -Peter Jennings (1981)

    "I hope that President Buckley chooses someone to fill this upcoming vacancy who's aligned with the majority opinion that we must overturn the Roe v Wade ruling."

    -Don Niclkes (1981)
     
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    • Chapter Seventy Eight
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    "I'd like to introduce a good man who I have the privilege of knowing and the honor of nominating for Associate Justice on the Supreme Court-Edward William Brooke."

    -James Buckley (1981)
     
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    "I must say, this selection by President Buckley is a great disappointment to me."

    -Jesse Helms (1981)

    "You know, there needs to be balance in the Court, and I think Mr Brooke's nomination provides that."

    -Donald Rumsfeld (1981)
     
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    Ed Brooke? He would be a great cabinet nominee but I'm skeptical on him for the Supreme Court. Given that Reagan appointed O'Connor, I don't think this is a game changer from OTL.
     
    Chapter Eighty
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    "Mr Brooke, could you clarify your stance on the issue of abortion?"

    "My views on abortion side with the pro-choice side on the issue."

    "So you're in favor of it?"

    "I'm in favor of letting women choose whether or not to complete a pregnancy."

    -    Strom Thurmond and Ed Brooke (1981)
     
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    Israel said:
    "Mr Brooke, could you clarify your stance on the issue of abortion?"

    "My views on abortion side with the pro-choice side on the issue."

    "So you're in favor of it?"

    "I'm in favor of letting women choose whether or not to complete a pregnancy."

    -    Strom Thurmond and Ed Brooke (1981)
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    This will hurt him among the GOP caucus
     
    Chapter Eighty One
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    "Senator Goldwater?"

    "Thank you, Mr President. Our judicial system has always been proud of it's independence. Politics did not raise an issue within the halls of the Courts, only the Constitution. I believe Mr Brooke will uphold the Constitution, and I insist that my fellow Senators maintain that political differences must not interfere with our Court selection."

    "Barry, I value the Constitution, but the Constitution was based upon the concept of certain values. The abortion of lives before those lives begin is contrary to the ideals of the United States."

    "Jesse, we can argue about abortion, and we can argue about other issues, but the point is that at the Court it is the law, and not what 'values' we're for, that's defended."

    "So you don't care about the murder of children?"

    "Right now, what matters is this Court's independence."

    "I'm having trouble seeing you as a Conservative right now."

    "I'm having trouble seeing you as a Senator right now."
     
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    Hmmm, Brooke is a good man and would have been a good justice, but it was not a good move for Buckley. The optics regarding Brooke being pro-choice was bad politics. He needs a more conservative nominee
     
    Chapter Eighty Three
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    "Mr President, are you considering a more conservative nomination for the vacancy?"

    "I am considering a number of varying choices."

    -James Buckly (1981)

    "I think that even if Buckley nominated someone that Helms liked, his relationship with Helms' Republicans is dead."

    -Dan Rather (1981)
     
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