Ricardolindo
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What if George Harrold Carswell had been confirmed to the Supreme Court? I don't think he'd move to the left as Blackmun did. However,
we know he was gay or bisexual as in 1976, he was convicted of battery for advancements to an undercover police officer in Tallahasee and in 1979, he was beaten by a man he had invited to his hotel room in Atlanta for the same behavior. Such an incident would probably still have happened, either in Washington DC when the Court was in session or in Florida when it wasn't. Then, there would have been intense pressure on Carswell to resign. If he refused to resign, would he have been impeached? Also, his successor depends on the President at the time. Under Nixon and especially Reagan, he would probably be more conservative than under Ford and especially Carter.
I think it's possible that Blackmun would still become a Justice. Burger would lobby for him. He may well be nominated to succeed Hugo Black or John Marshall Harlan II.
we know he was gay or bisexual as in 1976, he was convicted of battery for advancements to an undercover police officer in Tallahasee and in 1979, he was beaten by a man he had invited to his hotel room in Atlanta for the same behavior. Such an incident would probably still have happened, either in Washington DC when the Court was in session or in Florida when it wasn't. Then, there would have been intense pressure on Carswell to resign. If he refused to resign, would he have been impeached? Also, his successor depends on the President at the time. Under Nixon and especially Reagan, he would probably be more conservative than under Ford and especially Carter.
I think it's possible that Blackmun would still become a Justice. Burger would lobby for him. He may well be nominated to succeed Hugo Black or John Marshall Harlan II.
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