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Constitutional Law,
Government,
Letters

May 29, 2018

Don’t look to the courts for social change

In his May 18 column, “Ronald K. Nickens asserts that the Senate Judiciary Committee must not elevate these two nominees because they are unqualified.

Richard A. Nixon

Email: pres37th@aol.com

San Fernando Valley College of Law

Richard, a practicing attorney in Los Angeles County and a Vietnam-era veteran, is the author of "America: An Illusion of Freedom."

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In his May 18 column, "Nominees Refuse To Endorse Brown," Ronald K. Nickens asserts that the Senate Judiciary Committee, before whom Wendy Vitter and Andrew Oldham appeared, must not elevate these two nominees because they are unqualified. Nickens initially bases his assertion on the claim that they "refused to endorse the landmark ruling in Brown [v. Board of Education]." In fact, they did no such thing.

The nomine...

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