David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

EG The Memphis Daily Appeal, then one of the most important papers in the South, praised him as a worthy successor to Roger Taney and John Campbell - two members of the Dred Scott majority. Campbell had then resigned from the Court to fight for the Confederacy. 9/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 29, 2022

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The key point for our present purposes: backers of the Lamar nomination made clear at every turn that they were supporting him because of his identity as an unreconstructed ex-Confederate. 8/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 29, 2022

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The confirmation vote split on party lines: Democrats voted 29-0 to confirm; Republicans voted 28-2 against. Lamar was elevated to the high court by a majority of the vote; the judicial filibuster had not yet been invented in the 1880s. 10/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 29, 2022