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Women - Supreme Court” of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R The original documents are located in Box 48, folder “Women - Supreme Court” of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Digitized from Box 48 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library N012 R DOUGLAS SUCCESSOR BY MARGARET GENTRY WASHINGTON CAP> -- SEARCHING FOR A NOMINEE TO THE SUPREME COURT, PRESIDENT FORD MAY TURN TO A LIST HEAVILY WEIGHTED WITH WOMEN AND CONSERVATIVES. FIRST LADY BETTY FORD HAS LOBBIED WITH HER HUSBAND IN THE PAST TO NOMINATE A WOMAN TO THE FIRST AVAILABLE VACANCY ON THE NATION'S HIGHEST COURT. THE VACANCY CAME WEDNESDAY WHEN JUSTICE WILLIAM DOUGLAS RETIRED DUE TO ILL HEALTH. WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAY THEY DON'T KNOW HOW FORD WILL GO ABOUT CHOOSING A NOMINEE FOR THE LIFETIME JOB, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SENATE CONFIRMATION. BUT MRS. FORD'S PUBLIC ADVOCACY OF A WOMAN NOMINEE HAS PROMPTED LEGAL EXPERTS AND POLITICIANS TO SUGGEST SEVERAL POSSIBLE WOMEN CANDIDATES. AMONG THEM ARE CARLA HILLS, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE MARY COLEMAN; U.S. CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE SHIRLEY HUFSTEDLER OF LOS ANGELES; U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE CORNELIA KENNEDY OF DETROIT; AND FORMER DEMOCRATIC REP. MARTHA GRIFFITHS OF MICHIGAN. ATTY. GEN. EDWARD LEVI, TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY WILLIAM COLEMAN AND SENATE MINORITY WHIP ROBERT GRIFFIN ARE AMONG THE MEN MENTIONED AS POSSIBLE NOMINEES. THERE ARE NO ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES FOR REVIEWING QUALIFICATIONS OF POSSIBLE SUPREME COURT NOMINEES, IN CONTRAST TO A RATHER RIGID SYSTEM FOR CHOOSING NOMINEES FOR OTHER FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS. EACH PRESIDENT IS LEFT TO DEVISE HIS OWN METHOD OF FILLING VACANCIES ON THE HIGH COURT. ''THIS IS THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST ONE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW HE WOULD GO ABOUT IT,'' SAID ONE WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL. AS THE SEVERITY OF DOUGLAS' ILLNESS FOLLOWING A STROKE BECAME MORE APPARENT IN RECENT MONTHS, FORD HAD BEEN QUESTIONED OCCASIONALLY ABOUT THE QUALIFICATIONS HE WOULD SEEK IN A SUCCESSOR. HE HAS SIDESTEPPED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER HE WOULD BECOME THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO NOMINATE A WOMAN, AND HE HAS SAID HE FEELS NO OBLIGATION TO CHOOSE A NOMINEE MATCHING DOUGLAS' DECIDEDLY LIBERAL PHILOSOPHY. FORD ALSO HAS SAID HE LEANS TOWARD A YOUNGISH NOMINEE. OF THE POTENTIAL WOMEN CANDIDATES, MRS. COLEMAN SEEMS TO FIT SEVERAL OF THE CRITERIA. AND SHE MAY HAVE A BONUS IN BEING FROM THE PRESIDENT'S HOME STATE. 11-13-75 10:17EST Some items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted materials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to these materials. I• to Douglas Post?..'. f ' Hills would be the first woman ( By Lyle Denni1ton "guaranteed" nominee, there is a tice approved. He can meet even that move "rapi~ly," but not immediate­ point to be almost as strong ' ros­ ,.~. Waablll&tOD Stat Staff Wrii.r. 1ttong· po11ibility of a ·stall in the deadline, some of these lawmakers ly. pect as Hills or Griffin is .Atty. Gen. ever nominated to be a justict.! and that fact alone would make her virtu­ ! nident Ford is expected to Senate by liberal Democrats that insist, only if he proposes someone It is understOod at this point that Edward H. Levi, 64, a form law would- keep his choice waiting . at that would generate no particular one member of Ford's Cabinet and professor and president of' the ally unchallengeable, Senate sources f e rapidly - . and with a noncon­ say. Griffin is in the same category ersial nominee, perhaps. a least until after Ford's own popular­ controversy. one member of the Senate - both University of Chicago. He _is Jhoish ~ ity has been tested in the New Hamp­ It is unknown how close the Presi­ very likely to get swift approval - - said to be an advantage - but his merely because he is a member of 1an - to replace Justice William thj! Senate, and senators do not reject IOuglas on the Supreme Court. shire ptesidential primary Feb. 24. dent i• to making a final choice. are prime candidates, if not in fact age and some conservative poeitions ~·The feeling here," a Senate Douglas' retirement yesterday, be­ the leading ones. he has taken publicly might btlng on their brethren. prompt nomination of a person Democratic source said last night, cause of deteriorating health, was THEY ARE ·Housing Secretary a stron& challenge. See SUCCESSOR, A.f would' have little trouble in the "is that if Ford goes under in the not a surprise to the White House, but Carla A. Hills, 41; a former Califor­ i ate appears to be the only ap- New Hampshire primary, his nomi­ few if any plans had been made nia lawyer and Justice Department 1cb Ford could take to be assured nee will go under with him." about choosing a replacement. official, and Sen. Robert P. Griffin, "I have been bothered witll lncessant-and demanding pain which depletes '.~. ;ucce~ding. The dramatic choice White House staff members have 52, a Michigan Republican, deputy my energies to the extent that,I have not been able to shoulder my full share ti history's first. woman nominee ALREADY, some Democrats are been discussing, at least informally, Senate GOP leader, and an old friend of the burden:" . · ~ 1ld fit that approach. · saying · that the President has a possible replacements. A presiden­ and political counselor to Ford. Justice William 0. Douglas ~ f the President does not offer a Christmas deadline to get a new jus- tial aide said the President would A third person considered at this ; .• ~ -~-·If ..-wi . ... ., • ,., - ) ...:_,,. ··- "" ,.. •.. ~ 1~ fl t 3 1. ·~~:··:.. Douglas .Q~its Court ., \ on Advice of Doctors f' I Says Stroke Made I~ Impossible for Him to 'Shoulder My Full Share of the Burden' • ' J;IY LINDA MATHEWS Times $filtff.Writer . :f: ' WASHINGTON-Jusijce William · ability or a woman would stand 0. Douglas resigned from the ·SU- much of a chance of being confirmed preme Court Wednesday on the ad- before next year's presidential elec· vice of ·his doctors, ending a judicial tion~ career unprecedented in .American But if Ford nominates anyone "the history, both for its length and r least. bit controversial," one source ductivity. said, Senate Democrats probably The 77-year-old justice; who d would attempt to stall a floor vote on served on the high court longer than confirmation until after election day; any other man, said he was leaving 1976. A vote almost certainly would the bench because the Crippling be delayed until it was clear whether stroke he suffered last Dec. 31 had . Ford would be the Republican nomi· made it impos.gble ."to shoulder my nee for President, Democratic full share of the burden.• sources indicated. Through a twist or fate, Douglas' resignation opened the way for the screening of potential candi­ first Supreme t:>1 ·• · The eourt nommation: dates to succeed Douglas is ~· .. President F~ who, as House min­ ority leader,. had led fnipeaclurient conducted by presidential legal coun­ an sel Philip W. Buchen, and, according dtjve apinst~:<:lY~ y~ ago, tct I;>m>. Pres Secretary Williapi L. ~r. the President hopes to sub- For Ford. however~. the.. :vllCancy mit ·a .nominee to the Senate fu. may tum out to be more <:la.bead• "about a·week." . ache than a blessing. Ht will be \Ill-< Greener could offer no guidapce on der pressure tople8$e his 'pariy'sco~ the.criteria that will guide the search servatives but. if he comes up With for a new justice or the number of an~ nominee, he could candidates under consideration. He be subjected.~~ (iom other said that speculation that Ford might quarters, }>!ll'licUlarly,\ the. lega,t.. break With tradition by naming a fr,aternity'. ·~: .,,. · . woman was "just that, speculation," The President -.faces ·another prob- but he declined to rule out that possi­ lem-:-Winning C:onftrination ftJt his bility. choice in a Senate ~~ · by Women lawyers and judges~ Democrats, Any nominee undoubted- prominently in the guessing, never­ ly will receive intensive,'. scruUny, theless, particularly because ~ili.. particularly because Senate Demo. ....BaQb Weidenfeld,..press secretarY"tO crats bristle at the idea of an unelect· 6Fil'St Lady S'etly Ford, told reporters ed President making an appointment Wednesday that Mrs. Ford planned that 'could permanently tip the bal· to step up her lobbying efforts for a ance of power on the Supreme Court. · woman Supreme Court justice, who Within mirrutes oHhe Douglas ctn- Would.be the first in history, nouncerrient, k,ey. ""-~tic: libe1alll ~ the womeq Peing men. ~id,_ 9{fthe~~-~~ ' ·---~""'"" . Carla.Ande · · UP-040 <NEW JUST ICE> <BY JAMES KIDNEY> WASHINGfON (UPI> -- AN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE WORKED INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TODAY PREPARING ITS REPORT ON THE QUALIFICATIONS OF 11 MEN BEING CONSIDERED BY PRESIDENT FORD TO SUCCEED WILLIAM O. DOUG...AS ON THE SUPREME COURT. WARREN CHRISTOPHER, THE PANEL CHAIRMAN, SAID MEMBERS WOULD CONTINUE TO REVIEW NAMES "OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AT LEAST." AN ABA SPOKESMAN SAID "THEY HAVEN'T COMPLETED ANYTHING" AND MIGHT NOT FINISH UNTIL NEXT WEEK. ABA RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE NO BINDING EFFECT ON FORD, WHO MAY SELECT SOMEONE NOT 0 N THE LI ST.
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