Former President Richard Nixon nominated G. Harrold Carswell to replace Justice Abe Fortas, who resigned in 1969 due to a conflict of interest. Carswell was a Southerner with a history of supporting segregation and opposing women's rights, generating strong vocal resistance from civil rights groups. The Senate ultimately rejected Carswell by a vote of 45-51 on April 8, 1970.
Carswell was the second of three candidates nominated to succeed Fortas. The first, Clement Haynesworth, was rejected 45-55 by Democrats and liberal Republicans (oxymoron) alike due to his conservative voting record, and anti-labor ideology.
Nixon finally nominated Harry Blackmun, a judge who had served more than a decade on the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Blackmun was confirmed by a vote of 94-0 in June 1970.
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President George HW Bush nominated Justice Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court in 1991.
Be nominated by the President and then confirmed by the Senate.
President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated former NAACP Legal Defense fund lawyer Thurgood Marshall to the US Supreme Court in 1967.
President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor to the US Supreme Court in 1981, and Antonin Scalia in 1986.
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President Ford didn't appoint a Chief Justice; Warren Burger, whom President Nixon appointed to succeed Chief Justice Earl Warren in 1969. Burger presided over the Court throughout Ford's Presidency, and retired in 1986.
the president appoints them and the congress questions them
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No, the Supreme Court is not elected by the people. Supreme Court Justices are nominated by the President, and then the Senate votes to confirm them.
President Jimmy Carter was the only full-term US President who never had an opportunity to nominate a US Supreme Court justice.
They are nominated by the President but must be approved by the US Senate and this approval is not automatic.
In February 2009,president Obama nominated Gary Locke,the former governor of Washington State,for secretary of commerce.A few months later,the president nominated Jon Huntsman for ambassador to China.In May,president Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court judge.In June,the president nominated John M.McHugh for secretary of the army.